Twitter is the hottest subject in the blogosphere at the moment with everyone and their dog reviewing its merits in the business world and most having an opinion on its value. One of the other hot topics is the difficulty in finding people. In our industry Stephen Davies has got the ball rolling with a list of journalists on Twitter.

This is great, but there is one important group that shouldn’t be forgotten. When preparing campaigns for our clients Berkeley PR understands that analyst relations (AR) should work hand-in-hand with a traditional press relations (PR).  Analysts can be a strong advocate in the public domain and also have a substantial influence on the media – driving the news agenda and shaping the direction of future technology product and service developments. With this in mind, Twitter is a great way to monitor and communicate with this influential group.

I started looking around to see who from the analyst community was using Twitter and discovered a great list on SageCircle.  Using a combination of our own research and that of SageCircle (which is a worldwide list including corporate and PR contacts) I have produced a list which only includes European based analysts, listing the company they work for and specific research areas to make it easier to identify the appropriate analyst.

This is by no means a definitive list, but a start, which I hope lets you pick and choose analysts rather than just clicking through a list following everyone. If I have missed anybody out from Europe please give me a heads up in the comments section and likewise we will be very happy to remove anyone that doesn’t want to be on here.  Please note that we have taken the decision to only include individual analysts rather than analyst firms or their PR people.

Berlecon Research
Phillip Bohn (Germany) Networks and telecoms http://twitter.com/PhilippBohn

BPM Focus
Derek Miers (UK) Business and technology strategies http://twitter.com/bpmfocus

Butler
Sarah Burnett (UK) Software industry http://twitter.com/SarahBurnett
Richard Edwards (UK) Applications and infrastructure software http://twitter.com/REdwards
Roy Illsley (UK) Infrastructure management and virtualisation http://twitter.com/royillsley
Tim Jennings (UK) CIO topics and infrastructure software http://twitter.com/tjennings

Datamonitor
Vuk Trifkovic (UK) Enterprise technology http://twitter.com/vtri

Forrester Research
Nate Elliot (Germany) Social media, advertising, marketing and commerce http://twitter.com/nate_elliott
Ian Fogg (UK) Consumer product strategy in mobile, broadband and personal technology http://twitter.com/ianfogg42
Thomas Husson (France) European mobile http://twitter.com/Thomas_Husson
Diego Lo Giudice (Italy) CIO topics, applications, vendor topics and infrastructure Software http://twitter.com/dlogiudice
Mark Mulligan (UK) European online content http://twitter.com/Mark_Mulligan
Stefan Reid (Germany) Applications, vendor topics and infrastructure Software http://twitter.com/StefanRied

Freeform Dynamics
Martin Atherton (UK) Services, applications and vendor topics http://twitter.com/martinatherton
Jon Collins (UK) CIO topics, security, applications and infrastructure software http://twitter.com/jonno
Tony Lock (Germany) CIO topics, services, applications, infrastructure software http://twitter.com/locktd
David Tebbutt (UK) collaboration and environmental IT http://twitter.com/tebbo
Dale Vile (UK) CIO topics, applications and infrastructure software http://twitter.com/dale_vile

Gartner
Andreas Bitterer (Germany) Applications and infrastructure software http://twitter.com/bitterer
Jeff Mann (France) Applications and infrastructure software http://twitter.com/jeffmann
Thomas Otter (Germany) CIO topics and applications http://twitter.com/vendorprisey
Steve Prentice (UK) Consumerization of IT and the growth and impact of virtual worlds and social networking on businesses http://twitter.com/steve_pr
Mark Raskino (UK) Emerging business technology megatrends http://twitter.com/MarkRaskino
Frank Ridder (Germany) IT services and sourcing http://twitter.com/fjhr
Ray Valdes (UK) Web services http://twitter.com/rayval

IDC
Alys Woodward (UK) Data warehousing, business intelligence and analytic applications http://twitter.com/alyswoodward

Informa
Dimitris Mavrakis (Greece) Telecommunications http://twitter.com/dmavrakis

Info-Tech
Mark Tauschek (Canada) Networking, enterprise wireless, and enterprise mobility http://twitter.com/mtauschek

Jupiter Research
Nick Thomas (UK) European media http://twitter.com/jupiternick

Le CXP
Vincent Lieffroy (France) IT selection and acquisition http://twitter.com/vli

Macehiter Ward-Dutton
Neil Ward-Dutton (UK) Business process management, business integration tools, enterprise architecture (EA) and service oriented architecture http://twitter.com/neilwd

Ovum
David Mitchell (UK) IT research http://twitter.com/dxmitche

Redmonk
James Governor (UK) Open source industry http://twitter.com/monkchips
Tom Rafferty (Spain) Green technology http://twitter.com/TomRaftery

Research 2.0
Kris Tuttle (France) Technology, companies and markets http://twitter.com/heuristocrat

RJA
Richi Jennings (UK) Email, spam, blogging, and Linux http://twitter.com/richi

The 451
Nick Patience (UK) Information retrieval http://twitter.com/nickpatience

Paul Stallard http://twitter.com/paul_stallard and
Luke Davies http://twitter.com/luke5938