{"id":1140,"date":"2014-06-04T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/new-breed-analyst_06014\/"},"modified":"2014-06-04T20:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T20:59:00","slug":"new-breed-analyst_06014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/new-breed-analyst_06014\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a new breed of analyst finally arriving to disrupt the legacy model?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nFirms like HfS Research, Constellation and GigaOm have built their brands very quickly, in just a few years, and are now more visible than more established firms.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
–Duncan Chapple, Influencer Relations, June, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n
As if by some freak of nature, the very next day after we stirred the pot questioning whether analysts needed regulating<\/a> (or self-regulating), the industry’s leading analyst\/influencer observer, the venerable Duncan Chapple of Influencer Relations and Kea Company fame, penned a blog<\/a> that clearly demonstrates the sands are shifting in the analyst world when it comes to wielding influence over enterprise buying decisions:<\/p>\n