Tip o’ the hat to the tipsters who provided us with the following tips. Most prefer to be anonymous.
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Departures:
Datamonitor – Andy Jerram, President, Datamonitor USA
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) – Andi Mann, analyst, to CA
Gartner – Mike Lafford, GVP Sourcing and Vendor Management Research
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News:
Acquisition – Hydrasight acquired by Springboard (click here for announcement)
Launched – Horses for Sources by Phil Fersht (click here for details and SageCircle analysis)
Launched – SMB Group by Sanjeev Aggarwal, Founder & Partner (Twitter) and Laurie McCabe, Partner (Twitter). Firm blurb: “SMB Group is a market research and consulting firm that provides insight and guidance about how and why SMB and mid-market customers discover, evaluate, compare and buy technology-related solutions.”
Recognized – Aberdeen Group analysts Andrew Bartolini, VP & Group Director, Global Supply Research, and Nari Viswanathan, VP & Principal Analyst were included in Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine’s 2010 Pros to Know list.
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