As from today, I’ve thrown my IT analyst hat in with Macehiter Ward-Dutton Advisors (MWD), a UK-based analyst house whose focus is IT/Business alignment. In the end it was quite an easy decision – my IT focus has always been the same, though I have couched it in various ways according to the terminology of the time. Initially I shall be concentrating on service management – my first job is to define it so watch this space! I must stop saying that.
You can check the press release on the MWD site, or download it from here.
Neil Macehiter and Neil Ward-Dutton are great guys, and I’m really looking forward to the coming months. Can I also take this opportunity to wish them happy birthday, as MWD was officially launched exactly one year ago today.
Hi Jon – just fyi, a bit of a blog I put together on this
http://analystinsight.blogspot.com/2006/02/macehiter-ward-dutton-reveals.html
Strange no one commented on our acronym.
Anyway, what’s different compared with Quocirca?
That’s a very good question. Quocirca tends towards the research-driven end of the analytical spectrum, and MWD tends-towards the consultancy end, though both companies overlap in the middle. For me this is an opportunity to do more consultancy, particularly with end users, which I miss. There’s plenty that Quocirca does that MWD doesn’t do, I’ll miss that too but for now I think this is the right move.
What acronym?
Ahhh, that acronym…
Reminds me of the story about when John Thompson met Gary Bloom over a bottle of wine…
i am bloody surprised frankly, given how positive you have been in the past about clive and quocirca
I’m still very positive about Clive, Bob and the gang – I think they’re a great team and I thoroughly enjoyed working with them. Equally, I am looking forward to the new opportunities offered by MWD. Never say never, in this industry!