Yeah Dennis, you're right. Congrats to all those who made it high on the list despite the odds, including our friends Redmonk and MWD.
Did you notice that both Freeform Dynamics and Dale Vile were up there too, further supporting your final paragraph. Just as traditional media has been challenged by talented writers such as yourself going online, so the analyst industry - especially the boutique companies - are making a lot of insight publicly available.
As this first iiar survey suggests, some of this cream is already rising to the top.
(Disclosure: it won't surprise your readers to know that I spend much of my time working for Freeform Dynamics.)
Dennis Howlett
· 1 year ago
@David - it was remiss of me not to big up Dale and FFD. I sincerely hopew the trend continues with the boutique folk, especially those taking an open source approach, continuing to challenge the established leaders.
Dale Vile
· 1 year ago
@Dennis - the thing about the IIAR poll that pleased me was the bit about integrity, independence and industry knowledge being so frequently mentioned as criteria. I think the community-oriented analysts have an advantage here as an open approach and open dialogue keeps you well tuned in to what really matters to people and keeps everything very clean and unbiased.
vinnie mirchandani
· 1 year ago
The group surveyed here had no buyer reps, just vendor AR folks...so not sure you can make judgments about relevance in buyer decisions from this survey. I think the question you ask is valid, just that this data will not reveal any new light...
Dennis Howlett
· 1 year ago
That's fair comment Vinnie and I am aware there is a 'back' story here though I don't have all the details. But then hopefully that's why folk like thee and me are out there.
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Did you notice that both Freeform Dynamics and Dale Vile were up there too, further supporting your final paragraph. Just as traditional media has been challenged by talented writers such as yourself going online, so the analyst industry - especially the boutique companies - are making a lot of insight publicly available.
As this first iiar survey suggests, some of this cream is already rising to the top.
(Disclosure: it won't surprise your readers to know that I spend much of my time working for Freeform Dynamics.)