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Interesting – only IDC seems to have nose-dived in 2007, with all the other big analyst firms doing well. why do you think that is?
I wish more firms were public so we would have more data. Oh well.
Probably a few factors:
– Straight up price increases
– Transitioning clients to role-based services, which have a higher price tag than WholeView and Core Research
– More bag-carrying sales reps selling into enterprises, which offsets losses in vendor client base due to market consolidation
– More events