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How the gig economy has turned bad analysts into vendor advocates
There's nothing wrong with marketing someone's products or services, just don't pretend you're an "analyst" when you do it!Read More
#Crazymergerideas – Why IBM should acquire TCS
Service providers need to figure out how to blend the best parts of each other to find their path to the As-a-Service EconomyRead More
Service providers blame their clients, advisors and analysts for their As-a-Service failure
Lee rhetoric, more dialog among the key stakeholders and better real-world education is the only real formula for successRead More
Have most analysts completely given up doing “research”?
We called it three years’ ago and we can now officially proclaim that the industry, once known as research, is close to meeting its makerRead More
Great to see Gartner adopting our HfS Blueprints!
Yes indeed folks - Gartner has announced it is doing its own "Blueprints research"!Read More
Time to stop the buzzword balderdash and become meaningful again
Our industry has started to lose the plot with the amount of buzz terms spewing aroundRead More
Accenture de-emphasizes the term “outsourcing” – is this the final death knell for the O word?
Accenture's dropping the term "outsourcing" from its strategy line is the most significant yet in terms of rebranding the outsourcing businessRead More
HfS and Blue Prism partner to develop automated analyst solutions
Industry analyst firm HfS Research has today announced a strategic partnership with leading Robotic Automation software company, Blue Prism to develop the first automated analyst prototypeRead More
Are some “independent” analysts the worst offenders of pay-to-play?
One practice I seem to be exposed to everyday is the blatant opinionating from a host of "independent" analysts/bloggers/pundits/consultants /influencers/journalists etc who all make a living from the dirty vendor marketing dollarRead More
2013 Analyst Value Survey Results: HfS Research leads the analyst industry for independence
2013 Analyst Value Survey Results: HfS Research leads the analyst industry for independenceRead More
