Client Testimonials

 

 

 

 

            

 "Celent provides CME Group with information that helps support our efforts to inform and educate our staff and guide the company's strategic direction. Celent's value includes global expertise in capital markets and an international analyst network via the Oliver Wyman merger.

This past year, Celent offered CME Group a unique opportunity to change the way in which we work with one another, providing a cost effective consulting service that better addresses CME Group's needs. To date, Celent has not failed to deliver on any of the information requests that CME Group has brought forward. As a result, we are gaining better market intelligence faster."
Ariel Hantin, Associate Director, Market Research, CME Group

"I have been a Celent client for more than two years and have found their material and insights valuable. What is of importance to me is the availability, quality and strategic thinking of their analyst staff who are prepared to engage with you personally on issues of importance to you."
Vanessa Otto-Mentz, Head of Strategy, Santam
  "We have been a longstanding client of Celent's retained advisory services and they provide excellent ongoing support of HCL's financial services business. We recently engaged Celent on a workshop with a large insurance company. The feedback from the insurer's attendees was very positive. Some also said that they wished there had been even more time available to get deeper into the issues. The workshop helped in HCL being awarded work worth several million dollars annually. It’s likely that the meeting put us over the top in our quest to capture this work. More importantly, this work positions us well in terms of helping our client with their overall business and IT transformation." 
Prasanna Satpathy, Sr. VP & Head, Financial Services (Americas), HCL
                                "With Tower Group’s drastic staff actions of late, I see very little value remaining in this former leader in the financial services industry. It will take time before this firm can rebuild any bench strength to be a meaningful player in the space. My experience with Celent and their strength and stability through this tough economic time, as well as their successful integration into the Oliver Wyman group, would lead me to recommend them as a trusted advisor and long-term partner. In addition to their core strength in insurance, they have excellent financial services knowledge and analysts. If you need results now, you’ve got a great option in choosing Celent." 
Marketing Director, Global IT Services Firm 

 

 

"We actively use the Celent research reports in our global business. But we have also found that ready access to the Celent analyst team has been beneficial to our growth and expansion. We count on them to provide independent perspective, knowledge and candor to weigh in on new ideas, markets and solutions."  
Ed Ossie, President, Innovation Group

"Celent is a great research partner with lots of experience in the transaction services area. We call up Celent's analysts all the time and receive valuable feedback on our products and how to make improvements."
Top 50 US Bank
  "Celent has worked with us on a number of strategic investigations over the years. A recent project to scan, interview and qualify prospective partners for future expansion exceeded our already high expectations. Combine the Celent team’s unrivalled global knowledge with a relentless passion for professionalism (frequency of feedback, quality of output) and you have true value for money with demonstrable ROI."
Andrew Hubbard, Partner, Airas Intersoft

 

 

 

 

"Simplex Technology has been using Celent's research advisory and consulting service for several years. Our goal is to provide global high end technology for the capital markets, and to keep growing our revenue continuously. To achieve this target, leading edge information with worldwide coverage is necessary. As we are keen to utilize our limited human resources efficiently within our core competence, we choose Celent as our partner. With its expertise and in-depth knowledge, Celent gives us more than I expect."
Hideki Kaneko, Managing Director & CEO, Simplex Technology, Inc.

"We used Celent to review a potential investment in the insurance industry. Celent provided Goldrock Capital with a focused and intelligent analysis of the target company and the market, and also facilitated discussions with a number of industry insiders. At Celent we have worked with exceptional individuals who have a real mastery of their industry sectors."  
Darren Rockman, Managing Partner, Goldrock Capital
  "Another outstanding report - very informative, well written, and the best call to action I've seen for FIs. Great job!"  
Michael Pratt, Chief Marketing Officer, PANINI

 

 

 

 

 

"OneShield has been a client of Celent for 3 years. The insurance vertical focus has been invaluable for providing access to in-depth research on industry trends, challenges and success models. We also value the insight and perspectives of the Celent analysts, who always make themselves available at short notice. Their deep industry insight on the changing landscape and how our company can deliver better products and services to our customers."
Heather Peacock, SVP Sales and Client Services, OneShield

"Celent’s banking practices are a key contributor to our business. The access to relevant and topical industry reports and research, as well as the analysts themselves provides us with an independent insight and view of the markets we operate in and assists us in our strategic planning."
Sarah Paulucci, Analyst Relations Manager, Temenos
  "As a software vendor, focused solely on the insurance vertical, I need to ensure that my business strategy, product offering, and R&D roadmap are up to the challenge of my customers and prospective clients, and will make me stand ahead of my competition. My tight collaboration with CELENT, for over seven years, turned to become a highly rewarding part of this ongoing planning process. The research agenda, the responsiveness of the analysts, and the accompanying advisory services of CELENT, are excellent supportive sources of knowledge - a fusion of deep functional and technical expertise, backed by broad business understanding." 
Yoel Amir, CEO, IDIT I.D.I. Technologies
  "The entire Celent team has been extremely responsive to every request I’ve made, and has been generous with their time and data. Every time I’ve come to them, I’ve gotten better-than-anticipated results in faster-than-expected timeframes – what more could I ask?"
Laura Marshall, Director of Competitive & Market Intelligence, Misys
  "We engaged Celent to identify the market requirements and help us in shaping the US market entry strategy for Finacle’s e-banking solutions. Their coverage of the vendors and internet banking space in the US, their industry knowledge and methodology, their objectivity and professionalism, and their ability to understand our goals met our expectations. We found Celent's analysis and recommendations a valuable input in our decision making process enabling us to make the right decision quickly."
Merwin Fernandes - VP and Head Global Sales and Marketing - Banking Business Unit, Infosys Technologies
  "Here is one of the differences between analyst companies. Celent actually solicit briefings even though we are not a customer for this segment. Tower do not respond to direct requests for briefings where we are a customer. I don't believe we have a play in the Reference Data research they are conducting but it was certainly nice of them to ask. I think it is time to send Tower the message that their approach to providing customer service is dark ages away from the competition. Celent have also produced this paper on Enterprise Risk. It is thought provoking and lead edge. Compare it to [Tower Analyst's] efforts and you can clearly see the difference."  
  "Celent's thought leadership is an excellent contributor to understand market trends and evolution. Celent specialists are above all "client focus" in transmitting their knowledge. We highly appreciate their interactive webinars, which become a privileged time for exchanging market views."
                              

"Celent helped to efficiently guide us through an extensive evaluation of property casualty underwriting system solutions.  Their deep domain knowledge, coupled with their intimate understanding of the insurance solution vendors, was critical to quickly bringing our evaluation process to a decision point."  
Vice President, Insurance Systems, global risk management company 


"We have been a client of Celent's for the past four years utilizing access to analysts and industry reports to assist in developing strategy and making strategic fact based decisions. We retained Celent for three major global primary studies that were complex and intricate. They delivered quality information that met our timelines and budgets and far exceeded our expectations. Our account representative and the analysts are responsive to our needs and understand our business. I view the Celent team as my partner, and know they will be there when I need them."
Director of Marketing, Fortune 500 financial firm