tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205223.post4040815813654133124..comments2023-10-28T08:43:47.121-02:00Comments on ARmadgeddon: The Borg recedes in Oz and turns into high-tech sausage factoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205223.post-82165964082251766842007-06-01T20:40:00.000-02:002007-06-01T20:40:00.000-02:00That can't be true - people want decent consulting...That can't be true - people want decent consulting in APAC, just not the garbage you get from IDC or Gartner... Frost & Sullivan's entire business model is based on consulting (for example) in APAC and they do reasonably well (depite being crap too)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205223.post-26831527675066310262007-06-01T05:51:00.000-02:002007-06-01T05:51:00.000-02:00APAC in general remains a crappy place to sell con...APAC in general remains a crappy place to sell consulting, let alone analyst services. Aside from EMEA and NA multinationals, there truly is no business. <BR/><BR/>Most of us in APAC believe we can get the reports for free and are to cheap to buy the consulting servicesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11205223.post-35437460091885794932007-05-27T20:34:00.000-02:002007-05-27T20:34:00.000-02:00On a similar subject, IDC just axed their Australi...On a similar subject, IDC just axed their Australia/New Zealand Managing Director, Chris Fell, who took the rap for their slump this fiscal - he'd been leading the charge there for 8 years. No doubt they will put more focus into their low-cost saussage factories in SE Asia and India to pump out low-cost data products and move even further away from "strategic consulting"...<BR/><BR/>Ah well... sign o' the times I guessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com