If you’re wondering what tech analyst firms will look like in the future, take a peek at RedMonk. That’s a link to their company page but let’s face it, faceless corporate pages suck so here’s where you should really be going:

And here’s why:

We support our subscribers by tailoring our analysis to their needs, helping them understand a world that is changing ludicrously fast, with insights, contexts, and narratives, rather than trying to sell them a place on a quadrant or a pay for play research note, or a library of research they will never read.

Anyone that has worked at a company whose strategy is driven by Gartner magic quadrants instead of customer demand will understand why RedMonk is important.

So how is RedMonk doing financially? I don’t know. What I do know is that my aspirations for providing competent and honest technical innovation to solve real problems relies heavily on their model of providing competent and honest analysis being successful somehow.

Comments

  1. dont forget cote! http://www.peopleoverprocess.com

    i see you linked to anne already.

    — james governor on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 at 03:57 AM #