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Analyzing the Analysts

An Information Architecture Analysis of Top Business Analysts' Web Sites

By Chiara Fox and Keith Instone
April 2001

Excerpts from the Text

"The sites we examined are:

Delphi Group (www.delphigroup.com)

Forrester Research (www.forrester.com)

Gartner (www.gartner.com)

Giga Information Group (www.gigaweb.com)

IDC (www.idc.com)

META Group (www.metagroup.com)

We selected these six analyst sites because of their excellent reputation for insightful research and analysis of the IT world. We assumed that these sites would be exemplars of strong information architecture and web site design." (p.3)

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"As a whole, we were disappointed in the sophistication of the information architecture of the analyst sites. Considering that large corporations look to these companies for leading-edge e-business strategy, we expected them to understand the importance of a strong information architecture strategy and set the example towards which other companies look for guidance." (p.4)

Please direct your comments and suggestions to Chiara Fox and Keith Instone.

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ACIA Main Page > White Papers > Analyzing the Analysts (April 2001)

See also: Information Architecture and Personalization by Keith Instone Extracting Value from Automated Classification Tools by Kat Hagedorn More by Argus The ACIA is sponsored by Argus Associates, a leading information architecture consulting firm.	Analyzing the Analysts An Information Architecture Analysis of Top Business Analysts' Web Sites By Chiara Fox and Keith Instone April 2001 Excerpts from the Text "The sites we examined are: Delphi Group (www.delphigroup.com) Forrester Research (www.forrester.com) Gartner (www.gartner.com) Giga Information Group (www.gigaweb.com) IDC (www.idc.com) META Group (www.metagroup.com) We selected these six analyst sites because of their excellent reputation for insightful research and analysis of the IT world. We assumed that these sites would be exemplars of strong information architecture and web site design." (p.3) --- "As a whole, we were disappointed in the sophistication of the information architecture of the analyst sites. Considering that large corporations look to these companies for leading-edge e-business strategy, we expected them to understand the importance of a strong information architecture strategy and set the example towards which other companies look for guidance." (p.4) Please direct your comments and suggestions to Chiara Fox and Keith Instone. View or Download White Paper (75K PDF)

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