About Intelligen
Intelligen is the leading specialist provider of ICT analyst relations strategy, program development, training and measurement services in the Asia/Pacific region. Our clients range from global hardware, software and services vendors to channel partners to niche technology start-ups. Our goal is to provide insightful, cost-effective and actionable advice which enables existing and emerging technology suppliers to gain competitive advantage by building or enhancing focused analyst relations outreach programs, supported by sound relationships and accurate market intelligence.
Established in 2002, Intelligen combines a unique mix of experience, skills, information resources and ICT industry contacts to deliver programs, reports, training workshops and presentations which are concise yet comprehensive, and which allow clients to capitalise on market opportunities backed by critical analysis and strategic guidance. Intelligen's unmatched experience and strong relationships with key analysts and firms throughout the Asia/Pacific region give us the ability to develop targeted programs for vendors focusing on either country or regional markets, and our strategic partnership with Knowledge Capital Group in the US allows us to provide global support for regional vendors.
About Dave Noble
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The managing director of Intelligen, Dave Noble, is an insightful and results-focused analyst relations and market intelligence professional with more than 20 years of experience in the Australian and Asia/Pacific IT&T markets. Prior to establishing Intelligen, Noble was responsible for analyst relations, market intelligence and strategic planning activities for Hewlett-Packard's enterprise systems business, covering 13 countries in the Asia/Pacific region. During this time, he established HP's best practice analyst relations program, elevated the role of market intelligence in the business, and developed more effective internal and external market data analysis processes. He also warned HP executives to prepare for the pending 2001 server market downturn several months before mainstream industry analysts. Noble joined HP after 11 years in senior analyst, sales and management roles at IDC Australia, a subsidiary of one of the world's leading IT market research firms. During this time, he developed hands-on experience managing large and small research projects, streamlined research processes and helped shape IDC's business strategy in Australia and Asia. |
Before moving into research, Noble was a highly-regarded IT journalist who authored news stories and feature articles across the full spectrum of IT industry technologies and issues. His media roles included IT editor of The Australian Financial Review, editor-in-chief of Computerworld Hong Kong and Computerworld Southeast Asia, news editor of Computerworld Australia, and computer writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
About Knowledge Capital Group
Intelligen has a strategic partnership with the Knowledge Capital Group Inc. (KCG), the global leader and foremost authority in Industry Analyst Relations. KCG is the first and only firm that was founded and run by former industry analysts with deep practical business experience in sales, marketing, and executive management. KCG's balanced insight into the analyst relations business is built on this width of perspective.
Over 1,000 Analyst Relations professionals representing over 700 companies have attended KCG's one-day "Working With the Analysts" seminar - which is currently offered throughout the US, Europe and Asia/Pacific. KCG has also provided fixed price, methodology-based, customised AR strategy advice to over 300 companies worldwide.
KCG combines decades of domain expertise and thought leadership in enterprise software and industry analyst relations with deep practical experience in vertical specific markets to deliver the strategy development, positioning, and actionable advice to quickly improve differentiation, reduces sales cycle times and give sales forces the tools they need to close deals. More information about KCG's services is available at their website.