The Computer History Museum invites you to attend a special event next week, when they present industry analyst marketplace pioneer Gideon Gartner, in conversation with venture capitalist Neill Brownstein. Part of the CHM Presents speaker series, the evening offers a rare opportunity to hear Mr. Gartner share candid and personal insights on the rise of IT industry analysts. The talk takes place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, USA, starting at 6:30 pm. Free, suggested $10 donation at the door.

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Seven technology companies received NetEvents’ Technology Leaders 2007 awards, as part of the NetEvents European Press and Analyst Summit taking place this week in Evian, France. The winners were decided by an independent panel of more than 30 industry analysts and senior press currently based in Europe. Cash proceeds from the entry fees go to the American Cancer Society and the Prostate Project Foundation for Cancer Research.

“We’ve now raised $64,000 for these two very worthwhile charities and established these as awards as one of the IT industry’s most prestigious awards in Europe,” said Mark Fox, NetEvents Founder. “We would like to thank the European press and analyst community for helping make our awards such a success. The NetEvents Technology Leader awards give valuable recognition for the winners as they are judged by over 30 leading technology press and analysts – more than any other European technology award.”

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Richard Stiennon raises an interesting point in his Threat Chaos post, Finding Cool Companies: should analysts who blog at online media networks — in this case, ZDNet — be given media passes to competitor’s events — in this case, Gartner Symposium? I don’t think so, but it does raise an amusing question of ethics.

Stiennon, a former Gartner analyst, recently launched an independent research and advisory venture of his own, IT Harvest. However, he blogs at ZDNet, along with analyst blogger buddies like Dana Gardner and Joe McKendrick.

Now, Stiennon’s attempt at getting a Gartner press pass was probably more hijinks than not. But consider this: Lots of analysts blog at various media sites. What happens if analysts take to the habit of introducing themselves as bloggers OR as analysts depending on what’s most convenient, or who they happen to be contacting at an organization, or … ?

I’m pleased to relay this press release…

Analyst blog directory and special report debut in conjunction with New Communications Forum 2005

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–January 27, 2005–Tekrati(TM) today debuted a new directory of weblogs published by information technology and telecommunications industry analysts in conjunction with the New Communications Forum 2005 – Blog University, taking place in Napa, Calif., today. Available as a free resource in Tekrati’s Industry Analyst Reporter “Analyst Cafe” section at (link), the blog directory provides a single, central resource that makes it easy to find and click through to blogs published by the analysts. The directory displays hyperlinked blog titles plus analyst authors, firms and short blog descriptions.

Introduced with a special report on the state of analyst blogging by Barbara French, Tekrati founder and editor of The Industry Analyst Reporter, the analyst blog directory offers yet another convenience for high tech professionals and watchers worldwide.

Commented French, “The Industry Analyst Reporter is all about providing timely, actionable information on IT, telecom and semiconductor industry analyst research, opinions and events. Weblogs are becoming integral to the dissemination — and even the development — of analyst opinions. We’re bringing it all together in a single location.”

The Tekrati directory of analyst blogs debuts with approximately 50 analyst weblogs and will be updated on an ongoing basis. The directory includes a diverse group of analyst bloggers, representing everything from the largest analyst firms to independent analysts.

French has been monitoring analyst use of blogs since 2003. “Overall, the analyst community has been slow to adopt blogging. I expect a dramatic uptake over the next 12 months, based on comments from the 350 firms we cover,” said French. “Although the analysts have held back on blogging, many other bloggers post comments about analyst research every day.”