Tag: Gartner
You will probably be aware of our views on Gartner’s yearly Integrated Revenue and Customer Management (IRCM) Magic Quadrant and one of our theses about how much actual influence it has on purchasing decisions (and therefore how badly you need to be in it – not that much, it turns out). So, imagine our surprise […]
Bad news for mobile device makers: global shipments are expected to remain flat for the next couple of years. The good news: actually they won’t be flat if you ask customers if they plan to buy a new smartphone this year. Confused? It’s all part of the fun of conflicting research results that come out […]
As you may know, I generally write about things that puzzle me. Gartner’s Magic Quadrant has puzzled me for a while. How they come to some of the conclusions they come to puzzles many people. Witnesses state that they do not apply sufficient resources or time to look deeply enough at the companies they evaluate. […]
When you see a headline like “Magic Quadrant or Gartner ‘Graft’?“ you have to take notice. This time BSS vendor, AsiaInfo, came out with guns blazing and the story was picked up by Ray Le Maistre at Light Reading. I have always been a great admirer of Ray’s work and respectful of Light Reading’s position […]
The Gartner hype cycle is jolly bullish on autonomous vehicles, which I’m really looking forward to. According to Jerry Kaplan’s fascinating “Humans need not apply”, switching to autonomous vehicles in the US will save thousands of lives and billions of dollars every year. Personally, I couldn’t care less if I never drive a car for […]
It’s pretty much common knowledge that we at DisruptiveViews (and before that BillingViews) don’t hold Gartner or its magic squares and hype squiggles in much esteem. The company itself has some brilliant analysts working for it but they seem to be stifled by a model that was once quite innovative, even creative. Today, it seems […]
Gartner has responded to the tension within IT organizations between their old-style legacy systems and modern IT practices with a model that it calls ‘Bimodal IT’. Bimodal IT outlines two very distinct system models, which it argues are necessary in order to support digital within the enterprise. Type 1 is traditional IT – where systems […]
For some strange and inexplicable reason, our most popular story ever and one that continues to attract new readers every week, is a piece questioning Gartner’s Magic Quadrants written by Ed Finegold. Maybe it’s because we had the audacity back in 2013 to question the worth, even credibility, of what many believe is gospel on […]
As they usually do this time of year, Gartner has released their predictions for 2015… “and beyond.” The research firm bifurcated its predictions by putting the long-term view first, then snapping it up with a “Near-Term Flag” – something supposed to happen within the next year or two. This allows the annual list of predictions to have […]
NetScout is crying foul against Gartner. The NetScout lawsuit against Gartner has raised the ‘pay-for-play’ specter once again. Whether this is a case of a vendor just peeved at their spot on the Gartner Magic Quadrant or they have a legitimate grievance, I am not in a position to judge. Whether NetScout will be successful […]
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