Founded by Eric Kavanagh and Robin Bloor, The Bloor Group has the goal of expanding normal analyst activities into broadcasting and publishing. Like other analyst companies, it will pursue a planned research program, write blogs and publish technology articles. However it will also broadcast a series of live radio programs and webinars (to be made available also as podcasts) and it will publish IT books.  The primary activities of The Bloor Group are orchestrated via The Virtual Circle – a web site that is both a web magazine, a broadcasting hub and a business/IT social network. This network is currently in the process of being established.

Broadcasting

Eric Kavanagh established DM Radio as a broadcasting phenomenon within the IT industry in a few short years. It was counter-intuitive to many that Live Radio could regularly regularly attract audiences in their hundreds in the Internet Era, and yet DM Radio does exactly that – and the audience numbers continue to rise. Eric is now also the producer and, in many cases, the host of The Bloor Group’s live broadcasting events, which are an inherent part of its research programs.

Publications

The Bloor Group’s reputation rides or falls on the basis of writing and publishing talent. It is evident in the blog postings we produce, in the editorial commentary, in the white papers we write and in the artwork with which we enrich our publications. Our research program is centered around the publishing or two major research books each year. Our goal is to provide the highest quality of research to the widest IT audience in a way that enhances their business decisions and their businesses.

The Current Research Program

In 2010, our initial research project will cover the whole field of Business Inteligence technology and its application. It will involve surveys and radio/webcasts/podcasts/interviews hosted by Eric Kavanagh. Discussion will culminate with the publication of a book entitled The Edge of BI.

Later in the year we will be working on The Janus Report 2011, which will provide provides a general perspective on the whole IT industry and its evolution.

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