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Don’t know how much I trust brightwork on this but undoubtedly there should be an independent academic research body doing this analysis and I won’t be surprised if Gartner turns out to be entirely corrupt. I mean have you see the magic quadrant? I work for a firm that shows up super high on it a lot and I know “exactly” what we deliver. So no. I don’t believe it.

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Not the response I expected, but one the world needed. Thanks D1.

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It's a pay to play system.

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Having participated in the process for Gartner MQ placement, it didn't seem outright corrupt but very subjective, opinion based and blindly trusting the information provided. They are very detailed in their information collecting process but you could put anything in there you want, no questions asked. As others pointed out, this leads to fluffing of numbers and responses that typically are very different than reality.

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I am an Architect and if I am going into a client and don’t have firsthand knowledge the Gartner research helps me understand:

High level capabilities that most products in the space have.

Gives me an idea of the companies that play in the space.

An idea of who the leaders are (it’s not usually that far off).

It helps get the ball rolling and saves me some time. I don’t think the magic quadrants are gospel, nor do any of the clients I’ve worked with.

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I did a brief stint at an analyst firm. Less than a year because I couldn’t get behind the business.

The whole analyst business model is wonky. They actively do things to “be vendor agnostic”, yet the vendors pay their bills making this essentially impossible. It’s like a YouTube reviewer reviewing Beauty Brand A, sponsored by Beauty Brand A. Even a critical review will likely be tempered.

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(No longer at Deloitte) my current company (tech/hardware space) has shifted spaces in the magic quadrant a bit over the past few years, and each time it has been pretty directly correlated with a combination of 1) shifting criteria and 2) actual technical features that we had/didn’t have. So, anecdotally at least, I would ascribe some validity to it. That said, our leadership could barely contain themselves the times when we did get that top right corner, so it’s not a huge leap to imagine some funny business shaping the final decisions.

How about other research like Everest? Any thoughts?

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