#IIAR AR Pro of the Year

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Save the Date! IIAR> AR Forum London 2024 + Xmas Party, 26th November

Get ready for the sequel to this summer’s IIAR> Analyst Relations Forum in London on 26th November, a half day event focused on AR professional career development and growth. Registration is now open for the daytime AR Forum, an opportunity to meet and learn from the analyst relations professional community. The Analyst Relations Forum will be followed by the legendary IIAR> Xmas Party in the…

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IIAR's Analyst Relations Professional and Analyst Relations Team of the Year 2018 Webinar

IIAR members: Register to know more about the AR Pro of the year awards #ARchat

A few weeks ago, right before most of us went on our summer holidays we hosted the annual IIAR Summer Networking event at the EY offices in London, a party kindly sponsored by HCL Technologies and EY. As we begin to settle back into daily work routines, we wanted to take a moment to ponder the event, the conversations had, the old relationships that were nurtured and the new ones formed.

During…

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 Around Renata Barros from Cisco in 10 questions

Around @renatabarros from @Cisco in 10 questions #ARPOTY

The third winner of the IIAR Analyst Relations Professional of the Year 2017, for Latin America, Renata Barros / Cisco (@RenataBarros, LinkedIn) gives us some insights on how she rose to the challenge and sees influence in her region. Sorry, theatre.

1. What’s been your career path to becoming an AR pro?

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Around Tracy Shouldice / Trend Micro in 10 questions

Around Tracy Shouldice / Trend Micro in 10 questions

Tracy Shouldice / Trend Micro (blog, @TracyShouldice, LinkedIn) is the IIAR AR Professional of the Year 2017 – North America and kindly accepted to share a bit about him and what led to this award. (more…)

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IIAR> Holiday Party 2022

REGISTER NOW for the highly anticipated legendary IIAR> Xmas Party in London and IIAR> Awards on the 8/12/22 #ARchat #AOTY #ARPOTY

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The IIAR> Xmas Party 2022, celebrating Analysts and AR pros, will be on 8th December 2022 at 1800 GMT in Central London. We are excited for you to join us for drinks, canapés and networking at our famous Holiday Party. It is will also be an opportunity to celebrate the outstanding results that analysts and analyst firms have delivered when…

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IIAR> Webinar: Building a Skilled AR Team during the Great Opportunity

Register now for the webinar with the IIAR> AR Pros of the year 2021: @cmkeckm @hfryman @anjasteinmann and @saritakar hosted by @aniruddho @gerryvz @crysgolightly #ARchat

As a follow up to the IIAR> Awards 2021, join us for an engaging and informative “ deep dive” session  with some of the leading AR Pros in the industry to understand the most important qualities, tasks and activities that Analyst Relations Professionals should focus on transferring to their peers during one’s resignation. The panel will feature:  IIAR> AR Pro of the Year 2021, Christine Keck…

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Announcing the IIAR> Awards 2021!

WHO ARE the analyst, firms, AR pros and AR teams of the year 2021? REGISTER now for the big reveal on the 2/12. #ARchat #AOTY #ARPOTY

At the IIAR>, we believe in taking a stance and recognizing greatness when we see it -an approach we find more impactful than sprinkling awards to dozens of “winners”. Analyst of the Year 2021 (more…)

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IIAR> Monthly Meet-up Jan'21

IIAR> Monthly Meet-up Jan’21

On Thursday 14 January 2021 we will host our first monthly IIAR> virtual meet-up in the New Year 2021. This month the focus of our discussion will be around the changes in the analyst firm landscape over the last couple of years e.g. Informa – Omdia, 451/ IHS – S&P Global, ESG, etc. Join us to exchange views with fellow AR pros on the influence of respective, newly formed analyst firms, how the…

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The IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2018

Check the @IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2018 by @lludovic feat. @451Research @ejlwireless @esg_global @EverestGroup @Forrester @Gartner_inc @HFSResearch @IDC @kuppingercole @MaribelLopez @MobileExperts1 @NHInsight @Novarica @Ovum @bobodtech @zkerravala #ARchat

Fashionably late but always on point and by popular request here’s the IIAR Tragic Quadrant 2018, a representation of how Analyst Relations Professionals (AR Pros) have rated analyst firms in the 2018 survey we ran for the Analyst and Firm of the Year 2018.

For new readers here, the Tragic Quadrant is of course a pun on the infamous Gartner ‘Magic Quadrant’. We do not pretend this as an…

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Around Peggy O'Neill, IIAR> AR Professional of the Year 2019 in 10 questions

Around Peggy O'Neill, IIAR> AR Professional of the Year 2019 in 10 questions @pegoneill #ARchat

Peggy O’Neill / VP Analyst Relations, Informatica,  (@pegoneill, LinkedIn) and former IIAR> Board Member was recognised yesterday night as the IIAR> AR Professional Of The Year 2019 and shares today some insights for the AR community.

Congratulations Peggy!

What’s been your career path to becoming an AR pro?  I’m a former Gartner analyst who got recruited into analyst relations by Oracle.

Wh…

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The IIAR Summer Party celebrating the IIAR AR Professional and Team of 2018

Join us at the IIAR Summer Party celebrating the IIAR AR Professional and Team of 2018 #ARchat

We are excited to announce the date of our famous IIAR Summer Party, which will celebrate the achievements of various analyst relations teams and professionals. The event is kindly sponsored this year by EY and HCL Technologies.

Join us in a great riverside location,for a glamorous night of drinks, canapés, and networking on the London SouthBank, with leading industry analysts and analyst…

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Who'll be the Analyst Relations Professional of the Year 2016?

Who’ll be the Analyst Relations Professional of the Year 2016?

“The AR practices have become much better in recent years!”

revealed one Gartner Analyst who participated to the IIAR 2016 survey.

It’s now near the time to announce results of the second AR Professional of the year survey run by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations! Who will succeed as top AR professional current title-holder Clare Loxley? Is responsiveness still the single most…

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Announcing the 2014 IIAR Analyst Relations Team of the Year

IIAR Analyst Relations Megavendor of 2013

Working for a large IT or Telco vendor brings many perks but it’s not all plain-sailing. Having worked for the likes of HP and IBM, we know a thing or two about life in the megavendor fast lane: long hours, multiple internal stakeholders to please, ever-increasing targets to meet, ever-decreasing resources at your disposal, and of course even larger numbers of analysts with more varied coverages…

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On the trail of the Analyst Relations Professional of the Year

On the trail of the Analyst Relations Professional of the Year

If you have ever had enough money to pay for the services of an AR agency, no doubt you will have run a survey or two to evaluate how well your AR practice is performing. However these surveys – by their nature – remain proprietary information and the industry has never looked itself in the face as a whole to see what it looks like across the board. Enter the IIAR with the idea to run a survey of…