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Blog:The Ten Potential Developments That Could Shape The Tech Market In 2012

At the end of December 2011, I wrote about the top ten tech market events of 2011. Last Friday, we published our global tech market forecasts for 2012 and 2013 (see January 6, 2012, “Global...

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Blog:Smart Computing, Cloud Computing, And Mobility Will Boost US IT Budget Spending In 2012

A week from tomorrow, I will be presenting a keynote on Smart Computing at Forrester's EA Forum in Las Vegas and later the same day a presentation on US IT spending with my colleague Chris Mines...

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Blog:Forrester's Latest Global IT Market Forecast Shows Slower Growth Of 5% In 2012, With Better Growth In 2013

We have just published Forrester's current forecast for the global market for information technology goods and services purchased by businesses and governments (see January 6, 2011, "Global Tech...

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Blog:Shooting Oneself In The Foot: Why The Sequester Will Knock A Percentage Point Or More From 2013 US Tech Market Growth

Well, it looks like the folks in Washington have done it. The device, called "sequestration," that imposes mandatory across-the-board cuts in Federal defense and non-defense spending is actually...

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Report:US Tech Market Outlook For 2013 And 2014: Better Times Ahead

We Forecast 6% ICT Spending Growth For Both Years

US CIOs remain torn between their need to invest in new mobile, cloud, and smart technologies and their fear of encountering economic doldrums (or worse). Over the past two and a half years, these...

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Blog:Q4 2011 Financial Releases From Leading Tech Vendors Are Generally Positive

As I mentioned in my blog on January 10, 2012, on “The Ten Potential Developments That Could Shape The Tech Market In 2012,” I was watching closely last week and this week to see what the...

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Blog:US Tech Market Will Grow By 6.2% In 2013 And 6.8% In 2014, As Improving Consumer Spending And Housing Offset Government Cutbacks

No one would claim that the US tech market is booming.  With Europe still mired in recession and debt problems, US economic growth looking soft, and business and consumer worries about the US...

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Report:Cloud Investments Will Reconfigure Future IT Budgets

As-A-Service Computing Will Shift Budgets From New Project Spending To Ongoing MOOSE Expenditures

In 2012, for most CIOs, spending to maintain and operate the organization, systems, and equipment (MOOSE) represents more than 70% of their information and communications technology (ICT) budget on a...

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Report:Tech Vendor Outlook For The US In 2012 To 2013

Software And IT Consulting Services Have The Best Prospects

The US tech market outlook for vendors is looking brighter for 2012 and 2013, with the US tech market projected to grow by 7.5% in 2012 (7.1% including telecommunications services) and even faster in...

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Blog:What An Obama Reelection Would Mean For The US Tech Market Outlook

  In a separate blog post ("What A Romney Presidency Would Mean For the US Tech Market Outlook"), I analyze what I think would be the likely impact on the US tech market if Mitt Romney is...

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Client Inquiry:How Do Supplier Networks Differ From AP-EIPP?

What distinguishes supplier networks and AP-EIPP, and what are example vendors of each?

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Report:Global Tech Market Outlook 2012 To 2013

Economic Weakness Will Slow, But Not, Stop Growth

CIOs tracking broader tech market trends to see where their firms stand face a mixed picture, depending on their location. On a global basis, the European recession and weakening economic growth in...

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Report:US Tech Market Outlook For 2012 To 2013

Improving Economic Prospects Create Upside Potential

CIOs care about tech market trends for three reasons: 1) to understand how much other firms are spending on information and communications technologies (and where); 2) to determine where they ought...

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Report:Asia Pacific Tech Market Outlook For 2012

Demystifying The Tech Markets Of Asia And The Pacific

For most tech vendors, the Asia Pacific market is the new frontier — a region of fast growth, endless opportunity, and dynamic businesses unencumbered by the legacy technologies and practices...

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Report:Forrsights: IT Budgets And Priorities In 2013

Mobility And Analytics Drive Spending Growth Despite Business Pessimism

What are the 2013 budget plans and priorities for CIOs and other IT decision-makers? Forrester's Forrsights Budgets And Priorities Tracker Survey, Q4 2012 provides insight on the 2013 tech buying...

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Report:Predictions 2012: The ePurchasing Market Will Grow 10%

SaaS And Acquisitions Will Drive Market Dynamics In 2012

The market for ePurchasing software (software to support buying, sourcing, contracting, and vendor management activities) continues to be a growing and dynamic market, with new entrants,...

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Blog:Oracle And Accenture Earnings Reports Point To Good Start To Tech Market Sales In 2012

On March 20, 2012, Oracle released its financial results for the quarter ending February 28, 2012, and Accenture did the same on March 22, 2012. Both had generally positive results, but with...

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Client Inquiry:Saving IT Costs In The Financial Services And Insurance Industry

What are the most recent developments that you’ve identified that optimize costs in the financial services and insurance industry?

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Blog:Sound The Alarm For Tech Vendors: The European Titanic Has Already Hit The Iceberg

Neither The Economist magazine nor the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is known for being alarmist. So one pays attention when The Economist in the lead item ("Is...

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Blog:Global Tech Market Slows In 2012

With two thirds of 2012 completed, it has become clear that the global tech market is not going to grow as fast this year as we had expected in January.  Back then, we predicted that business...

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Client Inquiry:IT Services, Software, And Computer Hardware Inflation Rate Forecasts

What are your predicted IT services, software, and computer hardware inflation rates in 2012 and 2013?

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Report:Smart Process Applications Fill A Big Business Gap

They Will Grow Twice As Fast As The Enterprise Application Market

Smart process apps are a new category of application software designed to support business activities that are people-intensive, highly variable, loosely structured, and subject to frequent change....

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Report:Global Tech Market Outlook 2013 To 2014

In Local Currencies, The US Will Lead 5.4% Global Tech Market Growth In 2013 And 6.7% Growth In 2014

The 2013 to 2014 period will see a different pattern of tech market dynamics than what prevailed in 2012, forcing CIOs and business tech buyers to adjust their spending plans to take advantage of new...

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Report:Defining The Boundary Between Business Tech Buying And Consumer Tech Buying

Understanding Who Chooses And Who Pays For Devices That Span Business And Personal Tasks

The spreading bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon has created a more complex landscape of tech buying. But traditional divisions between consumer tech purchases and business tech purchases still...

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Report:Forrsights: Cautious Optimism In 2012 IT Spending Plans

Our Q4 2011 IT Budget Survey Finds Mobile The Top Priority

Forrester's Forrsights Budgets And Priorities Tracker Survey, Q4 2011, provides insight on the 2012 tech buying plans and practices of more than 3,700 IT executives and technology decision-makers at...

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