Comments on: Good ol’ Redmonk

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:13:47 +0000

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.

By: vinnie mirchandani

vinnie mirchandani — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:54:35 +0000

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…

By: Dale Vile

Dale Vile — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:21:23 +0000

@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.

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:48:15 +0000

@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.

By: David Tebbutt

David Tebbutt — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:34:17 +0000

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.)