From the monthly archives:

February 2010

THREE POINTS OF INFLUENCE

February 7, 2010

Two weeks ago I crowd sourced the question about the changing nature of influence within the technology sector and how this was impacting on analyst firms specifically. There was tremendous response from which three key themes emerged that are illustrated below with some of the most relevant comments.
1. A New World of Influence
Clearly from your [...]

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Guest Blog – Iain Twine, Edelman, Abu Dhabi

February 4, 2010

Despite a massive sand storm today, usually I wake up to a sunny day here in Abu Dhabi. I roll out of bed, read The National (the UAE’s successful attempt to build a high quality broadsheet), and then contemplate the day ahead. The view from my villa of the Arabian Gulf always draws a smile [...]

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Time to examine our examination system

February 3, 2010

There’s an interesting story on the BBC website today about cheating in school exams, specifically the use of technology in both aiding and catching cheaters.
For me, the companies selling the products, the schools buying them and the exam watchdog Ofqual have got this all wrong.

Technology presents us with an opportunity to change our [...]

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Downfall: Gartner MQ and learnings

February 2, 2010

Late last week I resurrected a common meme around Hitler’s downfall video but this time applied it to analyst relations.
In the original post, I simply let the parody of the video speak for itself but after reviewing the many comments on the blog and on twitter, I have noticed that quite a few people are [...]

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Davos tweets

February 1, 2010

There are too many Davos round-ups around to add another other than to say, the over-riding sense I get is that people are looking for a new way forward for global capitalism and that the idea of totally free and unfettered markets is pretty much dead. We at Edelman would say that means in [...]

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