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by pvdwalt

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Dear colleagues - I apologise if this is not a true Technical Question, but I need some advise or some guidelines from you with regards to the use of independant research resources.

What are the generally accepted authorative information sources used by yourself that provides a good solid objective springboard in your daily decision making??

Where does Gartner rank - I do believe Gartner is a content provider to this forum, what about the other ones IDC, AMR, etc?

I'm working for quitea large - at least in our terms - electronics, telecoms, IT, Multimedia, power electronics/electrics, etc. Group of companies that is constantly expanding and my Group companies look at me for objective advice in a number of specialised areas - and frankly I need a good reliable objective resource!

Any advice appreciated..

Kind regards

Pieter

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by jisso_dadoo

I swear by www.brint.com. Very good mix of business and technical information. Numerous white papers and information relative to business. GREAT place to start. Free!

I've used Forrester, Gartner, Metta, Conning, McKinsey and others. Not impressed by most for depth. Good idea generation. Most are trying to sell their consulting or offerings related to a specific technical area. Few have any real implementation depth or expertise. IMHO, little differentiation. Of these, I prefer Metta for technical and technical business information; Conning and McKinsey for business related (insurance) information.

I hope this helps.

John

by pvdwalt

Thanks for the pointers John - Meta has a small package called the Technology Research Program (TRM) at $3,000 per user per annum - which I am considering to get me started...

Kind regards

Pieter

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