Niki's recommendation to check out Edgar is spot on. I would usually just google "edgar Cisco" or "edgar.sec.gov cisco" to bring up Cisco's SEC filings, for example.
Andrew. On May 24, 9:23 am, Niki Scevak <niki.sce...@gmail.com> wrote: > The free and easy way is to look up public companies in the space. Is > there a company that is public that is a leader in the space? If so, > search for them on edgar.sec.gov and look up either their 10-K (annual > report) or S-1. > > If the line of business you are trying to measure isn't their primary > business but is important, try looking on their investor relations > section and look for any presentations they have given at i-banking > conferences. > > If you still can't find anything, then it's likely the market is > really tiny and not worth measuring anyway. And in that case any > forecast is just your opinion against someone elses. > > On May 22, 10:33 pm, Matt Moore <innotect...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If I was not the moral, upstanding citizen that I am, I might approach > > a vendor in the "application life-cycle managment" space, pose as a > > customer, ask them about their market share and then cut that figure > > by 50%. I might also get a Gartner/Forrester analyst drunk (they are > > all lightweights so this is a reasonably cheap move) and ask them the > > same question or approach a friend at a large IT firm with access to > > their reports and ask them to slip me something in a brownpaper email. > > I could also ask an IT manager at a corporate and ask them to tell me > > who the main players are and what they think of them. > > > Not that I would do any of those things. > > > It all depends on what you want that data for. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/browse_thread/thread/99938a0fbc691eeb To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
