3 decades after Gartner was started, Carter Lusher (formerly of Gartner) asks the question and many in the industry jump in with their opinions.
No question the role/definition of an analyst is changing. Compared to their hey days in the 90s, today an analyst is only one of many influence points that buyers leverage in their IT decisions.
I read his post in a week where I spent time with Mike Prosceno who runs blogger relations at SAP. At Sapphire this week, I saw him equally comfortable with analysts, bloggers and journalists. Through his career he has dealt with all 3 categories. Now if he would spend some time in sales he would also understand buyers. Increasingly, peer input is a major influence point.
But short of that, Mike is the closest I would suggest to someone with the broadest understanding of the changing influencer landscape.
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