Partners
American Marketing Association, Toronto Chapter
The Toronto Chapter of the American Marketing Association has an impressive heritage in the Toronto marketing community, dating back to its origins in 1946. Its mission is to increase the impact and value of marketing in your business and connect you to Toronto marketing and business professionals and the world’s largest marketing community, the American Marketing Association. The AMA is committed to helping its members connect with other marketers, learn about emerging industry trends, and increase their skills through its education programs.
Canadian Association of Management Consultants
CMC-Canada (formerly the Canadian Association of Management Consultants) fosters excellence and integrity in the management consulting profession as a whole. CMC-Canada administers, and its provincial Institutes confer, the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation in Canada. The Association and its members advocate for the CMC designation and are dedicated to advancing the profession and delivering the benefits of those efforts to the client community. CMC-Canada is a founding member of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes.
The Gottlieb Group
In business since 1999, The Gottlieb Group specializes in the wireless and VoIP sectors, assisting telecom firms to navigate Canadian government and regulatory agencies, negotiate intercarrier agreements and assess the market for potential entry. This experience is buttressed by significant market analysis expertise, having successfully completed numerous major research projects for NBI/Michael Sone Associates.
Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), National Research Council
The mission of the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program is to stimulate innovation in Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises, mainly through helping them develop and exploit technology. Its objective is to create wealth for Canadians. NRC-IRAP helps SMEs understand the technology issues and opportunities and provides linkages to the best expertise in Canada.
NBI/Michael Sone Associates
Founded in 1977, NBI/Michael Sone Associates is a leading Canadian market research and consulting firm whose mission is to provide statistically-based, primary-sourced information on the Canadian telecommunications industry. In the complex environment of the communications market, NBI/Michael Sone Associates’ independent, full-service research information provides vital tools for strategic and market planning.
Market Metrics has researched and authored well over a dozen market studies for NBI/Michael Sone Associates since 2003, including:
- Annual editions of the Canadian PBX Market Report, published for over 25 years and the anchor study of NBI/Michael Sone Associates’ enterprise CPE research;
- Biannual editions of the Canadian ACD/Contact Centre Market Report;
- The founding edition of the Canadian Ethernet Switch Market Report first published in 2007 and an updated edition in 2009;
- Updated editions of the Canadian Hosting Market Report in 2008, 2010 and 2011;
- The founding edition of the Canadian SIP Trunking Market Report to be published in 2012; and,
- The founding edition of the Canadian Unified Communications Market Report published in 2009.
That White Paper Guy
Gordon Graham helps B2B technology firms get a better return on their case studies and white papers, by planning, creating, and publishing them more effectively. Gordon is a former VP of Marketing for a fast-growing wireless firm, and a seasoned technology writer who has created 100+ white papers and case studies for clients like Autodesk, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intuit, and Oracle… plus lots of smaller firms with big dreams. And since 1985, Gordon has won more than a dozen awards from the Society for Technical Communication (STC).
