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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.
Several forces are slowly transforming the stable but growing market for IT infrastructure services in Europe, including the rising profile of offshore suppliers, maturing global delivery,...
Forrester regularly advises clients on contract best practices for outsourcing deals related to application and infrastructure services. In our reviews, we see many instances where clients have...
Service-level credits and incentive models are important tools to help outsourcing clients increase business alignment and enforce service-level achievement. Although we speak with many clients who...

DLR IT Refines Its Service Management Framework
IT plays a critical role in the development programs of DLR (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Raumfahrt), the German aerospace center. DLR relies heavily on its IT organization to provide its...
Today, many companies see outsourcing as a strategic function and seek help from IT services providers to build and operate their IT environment. Yet the result of the outsourcing trend is the...

Providers Driving Workplace Services In EMEA
Workplace services are rapidly evolving far beyond their origins in desktop and desk-side management toward a post-desktop future in which end users' consumer-derived expectations dominate the...

Many sourcing professionals ask Forrester about the "standard" service levels that should guide their outsourcing relationships. Yet in practice, the efficiency and effectiveness of service-level...
Differentiate Between Continuous Improvement And Innovation
This report outlines Forrester's solution for sourcing and managing IT services providers. It is designed to help sourcing and vendor management (SVM) pros develop the appropriate contractual terms...

Strategic Plan: The Services Sourcing Playbook
Sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals need to know their strategic objectives before starting a new sourcing initiative. But making a smart sourcing decision depends on many factors,...

In the realm of IT services sourcing, the strategic decisions and vendor selection process for your company's applications and infrastructures are perhaps the most important. Your service...

Forrester clients often tell Forrester that they have a strong demand for service price information and a high interest in comparing their existing business and IT services with the market. Many of...
Evaluating Leading Providers Amidst A Category Redefinition
Workplace services are rapidly evolving far beyond their origins in desktop and desk-side management toward a post-desktop future in which end users' consumer-derived expectations dominate the...
This tool assesses clients' outsourcing maturity level, identifies clients' weaknesses, and automatically prioritizes those weaknesses based on clients' scores. Additionally, it...

Are companies doing a PC refresh as part of their support model using the same resources or is a refresh treated as a separate project? In addition, are business projects also implemented by the same...
Pricing models, especially in infrastructure outsourcing contracts, are the key to making outsourcing progressive, agile, and flexible. Alternatively, they can be the root cause for a static...
Do you have industry benchmark data regarding proper IT staffing levels for desktop support services, specifically for end user support teams for asset management?
IBM Leads A Closely Packed Group Of Suppliers
In Forrester's 36-criteria evaluation of global IT infrastructure management vendors, we found that IBM leads a closely packed group of leaders including HCL, Capgemini, Wipro, Infosys, TCS,...

Impact Factors Help You Decide When To Accept Standard Offers And When To Require Custom Solutions
Many companies are unprepared when they start their outsourcing initiatives, lacking a structured way to consider the major factors that will affect their outsourcing needs. This lapse leads to...
When It Comes To Process Responsibilities, The Devil Is In The Details
At Forrester, we see a lot of focus on the standardization of application and infrastructure service outsourcing agreements, particularly related to service-level agreements (SLAs), contract terms...
Evaluating Leading Providers Amidst A Category Redefinition
Workplace services are rapidly evolving far beyond their origins in desktop and desk-side management toward a post-desktop future in which end users' consumer-derived expectations dominate the...

Negotiations: The Services Sourcing Playbook
Outsourcing contract negotiation is the most important step in the sourcing life cycle. The negotiation phase defines and confirms the whole outsourcing relationship and determines the outsourcing...
