We’re excited to announce the discharge of our on-line analysis calendar, masking the scheduling of GigaOm Radar reviews. These are practitioner-led know-how evaluations primarily based on a course of akin to an end-user procurement resolution—the top abstract is a two-dimensional chart that can really feel acquainted to anybody who has labored with analysts earlier than; however the content material is focused extra at technologists trying to set a workable technique, or make a sensible deployment resolution.
To ship on this, our analysts kick off with a analysis define to set the scope of the analysis—it is a massively necessary a part of the analytical course of, notably as know-how classes don’t stand nonetheless. They evolve, cut up, merge and converge, and generally defy expectations. You may see an excellent instance of this in GigaOm analyst Dana Hernandez’ weblog, “Clever Automation vs. Hyperautomation.”
On the similar time, we set the desk stakes and differentiating standards for the know-how class. These we ship to qualifying distributors, requesting a briefing so we will run by way of how nicely their resolution meets our standards. In parallel, we draft what we name the Key Standards report—this maps on to the request for proposals (RFP) doc an end-user group would possibly produce as a part of its procurement course of.
As soon as we get info from distributors, we rating every resolution and ship the outcomes again to the distributors for reality checking. If briefings weren’t accessible, we consider primarily based on our personal expertise and publicly accessible info—reflecting what a purchaser would possibly do. We’ll ship this for reality checking as nicely, although it needs to be famous {that a} vendor’s window to debate the nuances of their product can be largely closed at this level!
Lastly, we ship the report back to distributors for a five-day courtesy preview interval earlier than we publish. You may see the timings of those processes within the analysis calendar: kick-off, briefings, reality examine, supply, and publication. The report itself is out there to our subscribers (at $14.95/month, it’s lower than a fitness center membership), and distributors also can license the report.
That’s it for the method. As you may think about, there are quite a lot of shifting elements behind the scenes, throughout over 100 know-how classes! In scheduling, we glance to keep away from main public holidays, massive occasions and conferences, and overlaps with schedules from different analyst corporations. Our new analysis calendar covers the subsequent six months, as much as Might 2024, and we anticipate to increase that within the coming months. For now, you may extrapolate present dates however do get in contact you probably have any queries.
The brand new on-line schedule is only one a part of GigaOm’s ongoing enchancment efforts. Watch this area for the report enhancements and different course of enhancements we’re rolling out, primarily based on GigaOm initiatives, and your suggestions—all the time enormously appreciated and acted upon the place potential. Hat tip to our personal inside staff who made this potential, and to our readers’ ongoing assist. Onward and upward!
