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Great newsletter for once: the Gartner contract renewal is a must read even if there ain't new news in there.

Always good fun to have Vinnie Mirchandani rubbishing an analyst research note, in this case Forrester's.

Interesting discussion about the Borg retiring the ERP magic quadrant

Great report compiling research from different firms.

Good tool to look for research

Is that an example of collaborative and open-source research?

Smart comment on the role of analysts: provide more actionable advice, less fluff

This is why you should segment your audience by individual analyst, rather than by firm.

David rumours more departures from Ovum

Great post from David Rossiter on the ever changing UK independent analysts scene.

Great post from Hill and Knowlton! Must read.

Josh paraphrases ARmadgeddon without linking to our post on the subject... tssss..... Valid comment from Carter Lusher on the post though.

UK press group buys public sector analyst firm. The Guardian release does not mention the word "analyst" once.

IIAR getting IDC to speak, should be interesting?

Excellent post on evaluating analysts. MUST READ.

After Adobe, Cisco uses blog to reach out to analysts.

The Borg's strategy of milking its existing customers seems to be working -at least on the financial side.

Our best post title ever?

Rated 3 in Other AR blogs; AR tools and techniques; AR; AR profession by ARonaut on Jul 31, 2007 at 10:43:10 GMT. (1 views) Shame John Simmonds did not read our blog post nor David's: we were not complaining about having to work, merely about pseudo-analysts who don't bother researching anything and send us stupid forms to send. There are also interesting comments on James Governor's post...

Who's influencing the blogsposphere (and who's not?)

Interesting initiative: analysts reselling other fims -makes distribution simpler and helps brand recognition. See posts on the Federation.

Should AR managers fill in briefing requests forms?

Great quote from BorgMember Bitter Andy: "Business intelligence is largely immature in the Middle East". Fortunately they happen to sit on large oil reserves!

Great summary of the last Borg AR call.

Interesting compilation on the influence of analysts-bloggers.