A Valid Role For Consultants?

Hyperion argues that its distinctive approach provides clients with a clear vision of where eCommerce is going and how it is likely to impact upon their business

In the pantheon of professions, the consultant probably ranks below the weather forecaster and just a few points above the average astrologer. Who was it who remarked that a consultant is someone who borrows your watch to tell you the time, and charges you for the privilege? Imbued with such high esteem, it must be a bold entrepreneur who sets out to make a living as a consultant. What separates the successful specimens of the breed from the also-rans is the gift of prescience; the ability to interpret the 'signs' and be able to advise clients on how to profit from a trend when it emerges. That the British IT management consultancy Hyperion should have captured a client base that includes BT, De La Rue, IBM and NTT Data might indicate a business which actually understands the disciplines in which it professes an