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Connie is a member of Forrester's Business Technology Futures team, which serves CIOs and their business partners by predicting the long-term business impact of information technology. Her research focus is on smart computing and analytics.
Connie came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group in 2003. She has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry and has been an analyst for 19 years. Most of her research focuses on business process management and business optimization. Prior to joining Giga, Connie managed BIS Strategic Decisions' European IT consulting group, headquartered in the UK. Before then, Connie was vice president of product marketing at TDC (now part of BancTec), a manufacturer of high-end document capture systems. She was also a manager with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), specializing in document management, document imaging, and end user computing. Earlier, Connie was with Wang Laboratories, where she managed Wang's technical support resources for the US Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. She began her career in IT and management at Mathematica Policy Research.
Connie was the co-champion of Forrester's 2009 Business Technology Forum, with its theme of "Lean: The New Business Technology Imperative." Connie also co-championed Forrester's 2007 Technology Leadership Forum, with the theme of "Design for People, Build for Change," and Forrester's 2008 Technology Leadership Forum, themed as "Embrace Technology Chaos, Deliver Business Results." Connie is a widely sought speaker. She has keynoted at many industry events, chaired 10 business process and workflow conferences in Europe and the US, and co-chaired Giga's "Leveraging Knowledge" conference. Connie also served as a director of AIIM International, the premier association for the content management industry, and is a member of the Association of Business Process Management Professionals.
Connie attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a B.A. in political science and history from East Carolina University and an M.B.A. in information systems from George Washington University.
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Microsoft Has The Opportunity To Launch Profitable Enterprise Services
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Securing The Right Partnership Model Will Be Critical To Success
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Over the past year, what changes have you seen in the channel relating to delivery of cloud services using a business partner as a resource (cloud builder, cloud provider, cloud consulting, cloud...
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The Future Role Of IT Management Software
The past years have seen IT organizations struggle with issues of service development, deployment, and delivery. Forrester believes that these issues are directly linked to the increased complexity...
A SWOT Analysis Of APM And BTM Software Vendors
IT and business services have grown exponentially in size, diversity, and complexity over the past few years. The complexity of many transactional business services has reached a point where the...
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Vendors Will Differentiate Mobile App Stores Through Comprehensive Offers
Corporate mobile technology for enterprise IT is increasingly complex. More employees are using personally owned smartphones and tablets at work, and firms are leveraging an array of mobile...

Video-As-A-Service Will Accelerate Video Into The Business Mainstream
Use of video for business communication is expanding at some companies and stagnant at others. The more that information workers use desktop (and handheld) video solutions, the more they expect video...
AT&T Reclaims No. 1 Position
AT&T announced plans to purchase T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion in cash and stock. If regulators approve the deal, AT&T will be the largest wireless carrier in the US, leaping...
A Changing Workforce Demands New Solutions And Business Models
Technology vendors today are faced with a new market dynamic: Individuals inside companies, primarily information workers (iWorkers), are choosing, procuring, and often paying for technology products...
Prospective UC Buyers Are Waiting For System Interoperability
Prospective buyers of unified communications (UC) systems are becoming more aware of the potential benefits, but UC trial and deployment activity remains stagnant. Many buyers are waiting for...
Vendors Capitalize On An Exponential Increase In Videoconferencing Demand
Videoconferencing will emerge as the preferred mode of communication. Asia Pacific leads the global market with more implementations planned in the next 12 months and beyond than Europe or North...