Executive Summary Vendors pay Gartner to be listed in Magic Quadrants or other Gartner content, and they share the content without consideration of the validity of Gartner’s output. We cover the circular and biased logic of vendors sharing Gartner output. Video Introduction: How Vendors like Palo Alto Networks Share Illegitimate Gartner Output Text Introduction (Skip…
Executive Summary Gartner and Forrester have a long term history of overstating what they can do for most vendors. We cover the accuracy of their sales pitch to medium and small vendors. Video Introduction: How IT Analyst Firms Like Gartner and Forrester Overpromise Marketing Exposure to Vendors Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)…
Executive Summary Gartner will promote any IT construct regardless of its validity in return for vendor money. Hyperconvergence and Gartner’s hyperconvergence MQ is yet another example of this. Introduction We have tracked a pattern by Gartner where they put their weight behind something that lacks any evidence for its existence. We found this yet again…
Executive Summary Gartner provides specific advice on how to manage S/4HANA licenses and related topics best. We evaluate this advice for accuracy. Introduction Gartner states the following about S/4HANA software licenses in their article, How to License SAP S/4HANA Software, and their article, Minimizing S/4HANA Migration Costs by Leveraging conversion. Gartner Begins by Providing the…
Executive Summary Brightwork Research & Analysis estimated the amount of money paid to Gartner every year. We cover how we arrived at our figure. Video Introduction: Understanding The Brightwork Estimate of The Amount of Money Paid by SAP to Gartner Per Year Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) We sometimes are questioned how…
Executive Summary Gartner proposes it has no bias, and their massive revenues from vendors do not impact their Magic Quadrant ratings. We performed a machine learning study to see if Gartner is correct. Video Introduction: A Machine Learning Study of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant Bias Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) In 2006, InformationWeek…
Executive Summary The last thing most IT analysts like Gartner want is an accurate TCO. This article explains why Gartner prefers an underestimated TCO. Video Introduction: Why IT Analysts Don’t Want TCO Calculated Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Gartner, the IT analyst company, was one of the first entities to market around…
Executive Summary Gartner proposes it has no bias, but they make the most income from the most significant vendors. Gartner’s content clearly shows a significant vendor bias. Introduction In 2006, InformationWeek wrote an article titled The Credibility of Analysts. IW brought up a fascinating point about Gartner and the overall analyst community in this article….
Executive Summary Gartner has a pattern of making wrong predictions, which they demonstrated again by predicting that IBM Watson would succeed. How much are Gartner’s accuracy problems related to their income from vendors like IBM? Introduction Watson IBM is now broadly understood to be a failure. Yet, Gartner gave IBM Watson their seal of approval…
Executive Summary Gartner provides information the vendors and consulting companies want readers to think. This has similarities with Fox News (or CNN) as a provider of information crafted by the elites for the masses. Video Introduction: How Gartner is the Fox News or CNN of IT Analysts Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)…