____/ Doug Mentohl on Friday 07 March 2008 15:48 : \____
> 'Ken Dulaney, Gartner VP .. told the crowd at the Gartner Mobile &
> Wireless Summit today that he still can't recommend businesses adopt
> the iPhone .. he also compared the iPhone to the women he dated
> before he met his wife -- "pretty, but shallow."'
>
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=605
>
> "Analyst Gartner claims the iPhone could "punch a hole" through
> corporate security systems if workers are allowed to use the phone for
> work purposes"
>
> :]
>
> http://www.news.com/2100-7350_3-6193856.html
That's like saying that the Linux Foundation denounces Zune. Gartner is a
Microsoft house... funded by Microsoft from many direction while trying to
show some balance when it feels like it.
Watch what Microsoft says about analysts:
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
Other Underreported Stories: Analyst Integrity?
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| There was a pretty interesting discussion with views on both sides. Some felt
| that the rumors have been so persistent that, well, where there's smoke
| there's fire. Others saying they have heard from someone who heard from
| someone that once they started paying their exposure improved. Others saying
| it's just like the rumors that magazine advertisers get better reviews, an
| accusation that has been levied to Ziff-Davis publications, as well as
| photography and stereo equipment magazines for years.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/12/other_underrepo.html?source=rss
Credibility Of Analysts
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| Research firms make their living by offering expert advice to business and
| technology people about the best ways to invest their IT dollars. It can be
| invaluable insight, but only if that analysis comes with no strings attached.
| And on that, there's no guarantee.
|
| Forrester, Gartner, IDC, and others insist their output is squeaky clean, yet
| they also rake in millions providing services to the very same companies they
| monitor, heavyweights like Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. Which leads to
| a question that continues to dog the research firms: How much influence do
| technology vendors have over their work?
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http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CTCBZVQX5MTSCQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=178601879&queryText=analyst+influence
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