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At Forrester, we believe that 2012 is an inflection point for mobile market research. Specifically, 2012 will be considered the “big bang” for a new era in market research — one in...
Electronic signatures are gaining momentum and becoming an increasingly popular topic of inquiries by Forrester clients. In retrospect, today's e-signature users will be seen as early adopters...


A Technographics® Data Essentials Document
Come again? You mean to tell me that Eve Maler, one of Forrester's experts on emerging identity and security solutions, has never changed her Amazon password? Yep. She aptly points out that...
What about research showing that idea harvesting is not effective vs harvesting business problems and using challenges to solve them?
Enjoyment is one of the best possible outcomes of any customer experience. But the majority of firms can barely design a useful, usable experience, much less a pleasurable one. Recent advances in the...

How can your firm deliver great, loyalty-inspiring customer experience – and achieve its efficiency objectives? Firms that want to boost Return on Equity (ROE) or Return on Capital...
As architects, we all know the importance of context. The right architecture for one context – say, an organically growing company – doesn’t work for a company growing by...
Executive Overview: The Digital Intelligence Playbook
The volume and complexity of digital interactions with customers cause analytics challenges for marketers. The conventional web analytics approach cannot keep up with the explosion of channels,...

We might all agree the balance has shifted in favor of the customer quite some time ago. We are all seeking innovative and unique ways to deliver an outstanding customer experience in order to...
That’s kind of a bold statement to make when many companies — be they media players or the likes of Facebook — face a mobile monetization gap and when most successful companies...
One of my CIOs is located within an area where over 200 piers are going to be sunk into the ground using a pile driver. He is looking for any sources of information about the effects of this...
Insights From The Forrsights Networks And Telecommunications Survey, Q1 2012
The connected enterprise is becoming a reality. Businesses require access to the best market information regarding customer demand, supplier options, transport and logistics, and sales patterns. They...

I know what you're thinking: CES is so last week already. But the lessons of CES will follow -- some would say haunt -- us all year long, so it's worth a sober summary of last week's...
The healthcare industry is undergoing transformation. What’s driving this? A wide range of factors, from new regulations and government programs, to new treatments and approaches,...
Think about the past 24 hours: What have you done with your mobile phone? Did you send a text message? Check your email? Read any articles? Challenge someone in Words With Friends? If you said...
Benchmark: The CIO's Mobile Engagement Playbook
Are you ready to serve your mobile customers on the device of their choice? Have you anticipated what apps they need next? And for employees, which apps are most important on smartphones? How many...

Policy And Procedures US Government Spotlight: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook
US federal law, specifically the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), requires US federal government agencies to adhere to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
Hi NIcki, Do you have / plan to show forecasts by industry?Thanks!
Actually, most customers do not directly compare Oracle with Salesforce.com, as organizations buy very different things from these two vendors. While Oracle has a diversified portfolio of middleware...
What should the strategy be for responding to criticism of your company that appears on Twitter/blogs, and what are some best practices for engaging in conversations where the company's name is...
The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
Learning and talent development are closely aligned in the best talent vendor offerings. This area of human resource management (HRM) is fast-growing and innovative in its use of social, cloud, and...

I attended a briefing from Visa Europe yesterday, about its V.me digital wallet. Here’s what Visa said: V.me is more than a mobile digital wallet. Customers will be able to use V.me to make...