Gartner wins in ZL lawsuit: but is it a pyrrhic victory?

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I try to act the opposite...

of what Gartner recommends. I truly believe they do not have a clue about real world IT. Their recommendations are based on personal opinions and ideas that are not backed up by hard data and research. Sometimes it sounds as though they feel like they have the ability to influence the future of IT based on where they want to see it go rather than where the technology is going to lead it. Then their predictions look totally foolish and prove to be wrong more times than right.

You do not gain insight about a subject by simply reading and then making some decision based on whether you like one way or the other. True insight can only be gained by spending time in the trenches with those that actually work with and understand the issue at hand. Without this type of insight predictions are wild guesses at best. And they will be wrong most of the time.

And what is the worse thing about all of this is there are actually companies out there that are listening to Gartner and basing decision on their predictions.

Some might call Gartner analysts. But I don't believe that Gartner analyzes much at all. I think they make a lot of guesses based on personal preferences. And those that are doing the guessing are probably ones that do not have the ability to cut it in the trenches. So they set back and try to impress those that are out there taking the technology in one direction or another.

If there are any of you out there that are impressed by Gartner I would surely love to hear your take on the subject. Even better, if you have taken their analytics and applied them to something resulting in success, let me know.

Posted by: bjbrock   Posted on: 11/05/09  (Edited: 11/05/2009 @ 11:48) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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