It was good to hear from Brett Azuma last week. He got in
touch to let me know he’s just been appointed to lead the 60-strong analyst
team at 451 Research.
If you don’t know him already, Brett’s an experienced and
well-respected leader. He’s previously held senior positions at Ovum,
where he was managing director, and Gartner, where he was group vice
president/chief analyst.
At 451, (where his official title is senior vice president,
research), Brett will be providing leadership, direction and operational
management to the company’s analyst team. This includes responsibility for the
research agenda and analyst process as he is tasked with ensuring that 451
Research “continues to be insightful, with a focus on innovation; to be
objective, reliably thorough and accurate; and most importantly to ensure that
451 delivers value to our clients.”
Brett’s very clear that as far as he's concerned, his team
is already doing a great job. Brett’s focus will be on helping guide the team
successfully into the future, getting it ready for the next wave of growth. He
sees opportunities for 451 Research to bring together resources to provide new
and differentiated services to customers, for example by coupling 451
Research’s qualitative research and analysis services with the quantitative
data resources owned by other divisions of The 451 Group.
We can also expect to see more research being written by
Brett himself. He acknowledges that he's looking forward to getting out
in the field again as an analyst. While it’s early days, he’s also got some new
and interesting angles around the impact, opportunities and challenges that the
Internet of Things may have on enterprise IT infrastructure.
So, congratulations to Brett on the new role and to 451 for
a good hire. Over the past few years, 451 has grown steadily in size and
influence through organic growth and acquisition. What does the future hold?
Well, we’re looking forward to learning more as Brett gets his feet under
the table.
