Walking the Virtual Dog, Vol. 2, No. 1

Welcome to the new season of Walking the Virtual Dog, the show where we look at the technology industry through the eyes of the industry analysts.

On this show, IT Analyst Relations Expert Thomas Ward Lynch talks about what the analysts are likely to be focusing on in the year ahead. Find every quote mentioned on today's show on the blog at http://thomaswardlynch.com. Reach out to Thomas directly for insight at tlynch@empiremedia.com.


Analysts mentioned on today's show:

Mikako Kitagawa, Gartner principal analyst

Ed Thompson, Gartner vice-president

Thomas Husson, Forrester analyst

Joanne Correia, Gartner analyst

Avivah Litan, Gartner vice president and head analyst

Michael Disabato, Gartner analyst

Pete Basiliere, Gartner research director

Sheila Brennan, IDC program manager

Judy Hanover, IDC research director

Episode 27: Early December 2013

On this show, IT Analyst Relations Expert Thomas Ward Lynch talks about what people are shopping for this holiday season and what the analysts have to say about it. Find every quote mentioned on today's show on the blog at http://thomaswardlynch.com. Reach out to Thomas directly for insight at tlynch@empiremedia.com.



Analysts mentioned on today's show:

Sucharita Mulpuru, Forrester analyst

Brian Blau, Gartner research director in consumer technologies

Annette Zimmermann, Gartner principal research analyst

Anshul Gupta, Gartner analyst

Tracy Tsai, Gartner analyst

Henry Morris, IDC senior vice president for worldwide software, services, and executive advisory research.

Christine Dover, IDC research director, enterprise applications and digital commerce

Eric O'Daffer, Gartner research director

Stan Aronow, Gartner research director

Rakesh Kumar, Gartner research vice president

Episode 25: DemandCon Wrap Up

On this show, IT Analyst Relations Expert Thomas Ward Lynch talks about his recent speaking engagement at DemandCon in Boston. Find every quote mentioned on today's show on the blog at http://thomaswardlynch.com. Reach out to Thomas directly for insight at tlynch@empiremedia.com.

Episode 24: Week of September 16-20, 2013

On this week's show, IT Analyst Relations Expert Thomas Ward Lynch talks about the Gartner Symposium, the Internet of Things and Apple's battle with Google for the smart phone market. Find every quote mentioned on today's show on the blog at http://thomaswardlynch.com. Reach out to Thomas directly for insight at tlynch@empiremedia.com.



Analysts mentioned on today's show:

Ramon Llamas, IDC Research Manager for Mobile Phones

Michael Disabato, Gartner analyst

Tom Scholtz, Gartner Vice President and fellow

Alexa Bona, Gartner Vice Presiddent and analyst

Peter Sondergaard, Gartner global head of research

Jim Davies, Gartner research director

Brian Burke, Gartner research vice president

Jeffrey Mann, Gartner research vice president

John Mahoney, Gartner Vice President and analyst

Episode 23: Week of September 9-13, 2013

On this week's show, IT Analyst Relations Expert Thomas Ward Lynch talks more about the Internet of things and new competitors for marketshare in the Cloud. Find every quote mentioned on today's show on the blog at http://thomaswardlynch.com. Reach out to Thomas directly for insight at tlynch@empiremedia.com.



Analysts mentioned on today's show:

Charles Golvin, Forrester analyst

Melissa Chau, IDC senior research manager

Kevin Restivo, IDC analyst

Ramon Llamas, IDC's mobile research manager

Rick Holland, Forrester Research information security expert

Lydia Leong, Gartner research vice president

Claus Mortensen, IDC director, Asia/Pacific Emerging Technology Research Group

Hung LeHong, Gartner research vice president

Sarah Rotman Epps, Forrester Research analyst

Episode 22: Week of September 2-6, 2013

On this week's show, IT Analyst Relations Expert Thomas Ward Lynch talks about new technology we first heard about in the 1960s and news from the industry verticals. Find every quote mentioned on today's show on the blog at http://thomaswardlynch.com. Reach out to Thomas directly for insight at tlynch@empiremedia.com.



Analysts mentioned on today's show:

Jay Chou, IDC Senior Research Analyst, Worldwide Quarterly PC Trackers

Monica Basso, Gartner research vice president

Frank Gens, IDC Senior Vice President and Chief Analyst

Gregor Petri, Gartner research director

Cyrus Daruwala, IDC managing director, Asia Pacific

Vittorio D'Orazio, Gartner Research Director

Rishi Sood, Gartner vice president of government

Episode 21: Week of August 26-30, 2013

On this week's show, Big Data is the big story, but IT Analyst Relations Expert Thomas Ward Lynch talks about server sales, the Internet of Things and 10 Things Microsoft should do next. Find every quote mentioned on today's show on the blog at http://thomaswardlynch.com. Reach out to Thomas directly for insight at tlynch@empiremedia.com.



Analysts mentioned on today's show:

Darren Bibby, IDC vice president for Channels and Alliances Research

Ted Friedman, Gartner vice president and analyst

Alexa Bona, Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst

Jeffrey Hewitt, Gartner research vice president

Chris Howard, Gartner research vice president

Al Hilwa, IDC Analyst