Our fundamental belief at Clabby Analytics is that IT buyers should be presented with opposing points-of-view.  We present our points-of-view; encourage our readers to find an opposing point of view; and then we ask the reader to make up his or her mind about which advice to follow.

Our business model is really quite simple:  we publish what we believe.  We sell the rights to publish some of our reports to vendors and/or magazines.  Other reports don't sell.  We sell enough of our reports yearly to justify our research time and effort.

On occasion, Clabby Analytics does conduct research and analysis on behalf of vendors (for instance, we recently examined how an IBM storage subsystem relates to an System x CPU -- and we articulated the benefits of this kind of architecture).  Although some people are skeptical of "vendor-sponsored" research, we have no problem with it.  If a vendor wants us to use our considerable analytical skills to explain how their product is designed in laymans terms to prospective buyers, then we are happy to take on such assignments.  (For more on this perspective, please read our report entitled  "IT Analytst Ethics: Advocacy vs. Objectivity" available for free at:
http://www.clabbyanalytics.com/uploads/AdvocacyvsObjectivityFinal.pdf).

Clabby Analytics also sells content to Tech Target as well as Mainframe Executive Magazine.  And Clabby Analytics receives income from Datamatix Group in the Middle East for training and seminar activities.  

Pleas come back and visit our site on a regular basis.  What you'll find is a lot of provocative counter opinion; several research advisories (that provide best practice information for deploying various technologies based upon real world customer interviews as well as trends analysis); and various white papers on technologies that we find interesting.  And don't be a stranger, if you want to talk to me, you can reach me at JClabby1@AOL.com.


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JC and JC