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Blog:Tech Market Will See Similar Growth In 2011 As In 2010, But With Important Twists

At first glance, our forecast that the global IT market will expand by 7.1% in 2011 is right in line with the 7.2% growth we are estimating occurred in 2010 (see our January  11, 2011,...

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Blog:Q1 2012 Data Shows Economic And Tech Market Softness At Start Of The Year

While I am still relatively bullish on the 2012 tech market outlook for the US (see our April 2, 2012, "US Tech Market Outlook For 2012 To 2013" report), I have to say that the data we got on the US...

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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:Forrsights: Analytics, Mobile, And Collaboration Lead 2011 Tech Investment Growth

Implementation Of As-A-Service Technologies Lags Behind Interest

Investments in analytics and business intelligence, mobile devices and applications, and collaborative applications are the leading IT investment priorities for businesses in 2011, with...

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Report:Oracle Customers Are Hesitant To Embrace Fusion Applications

Slow Adoption Of Newer Product Means Changes Likely In Oracle's Strategy

This report, originally written for CIOs, includes content relevant to application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals. With Oracle's strong footprint in the enterprise business apps...

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Report:2010 To 2012 Global Tech Industry Outlook

2011 Looks Like 2010, But With Software Leading Instead Of Hardware

2010 is ending with debt worries and questions about the future of the euro in Europe, doubts about the strength of the US recovery, and worries about overheated economies and higher inflation in...

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Report:Global Tech Market Outlook For 2012 And 2013

Eight Themes Will Shape Vendors' Prospects Over The Next Two Years

The market for purchases of information technology goods and services by business and government will go through two transitions in 2012 and 2013. The first is a spending slowdown after the recession...

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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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Report:Which Software Markets Will SaaS Disrupt?

Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) Products And Business Models Will Have Selective Impact

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is an important new set of capabilities and engagement models in the IT industry, particularly in the emerging world of cloud computing. We project that SaaS offerings...

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Blog:Oracle Delivers A Lump Of Coal To The Tech Market, But It's Too Soon To Call It A Harbinger Of A Tech Downturn

Oracle yesterday reported surprisingly weak results for its fiscal quarter ending on November 30 (see December 20, 2011, "Oracle Reports Q2 GAAP EPS Up 17% to 43 Cents; Q2 Non-GAAP EPS up 6% to 54...

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Tool:US Tech Markets Will Expand By Almost 10% In 2010; Global Markets Will Expand By 7.8%

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Tool:Forecast: Latin America IT Purchases, 2010 To 2011

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Blog:US Tech Market Growth Slows As Election And Political Uncertainties Dampen Economic Growth And Tech Buying

Earlier in 2012, I was fairly bullish about the US tech market, expecting growth of 7% to 7.5% for the near depending on whether or not telecommunications services was included (see April 24, 2012,...

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Blog:Lessons From Hurricane Sandy

Like many others in the New York region, I am writing this in a cold, mostly power-less house, without landline telephone or Internet connections. Thanks to the foresight and generosity of a neighbor...

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Report:Caution: IT Investment May Be Hurting US Job Growth

IT Vendors Should Take Steps To Avoid Potential Political Backlash

The 2010 US economic recovery has largely been a jobless recovery. While many factors have been blamed — ranging from too much economic stimulus and regulation to too little — investment...

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Blog:Changes In The Media Explain Why The Smart Computing Revolution Is Not Yet Running On Internet Time

This past weekend, my wife wanted desperately to attend Jon Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear,” to support the message of civility and moderation. An injured foot and...

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Blog:Despite Economic Problems, Tech Market Will Continue To Grow In 2011 And 2012

As readers of my blog will remember, we were all ready to publish our mid-2011 update to our global economy report (see July 28, 2011, "Forrester Will Lower Its Tech Market Forecast By...

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Blog:Canadian ICT Market Will Be Similar To US In Growth Rates, But Differs In Product And Industry Mix

On the same day that we published our latest forecast for the European ICT market, Forrester has also published our forecast for the Canadian tech market (see June 8, 2011,“The Canadian Tech...

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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:The Forrester Wave™: Smart Process Applications, Q2 2013

The 12 Smart Process App Vendors That Matter Most Today And How They Stack Up

Smart process applications are a new and emerging category of applications designed to help CIOs and their firms improve the effectiveness of their human-centric business activities. But finding the...

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Client Inquiry:The Tech Twelve And The Global Tech Industry Outlook 2010 To 2012

What is the Tech Twelve? Why has Forrester selected 12 countries as the Tech Twelve, and what's the distinction from the other industrial nations? What are other industrial countries and emerging...

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Report:Smart Computing Solutions Are On The Rise

A Snapshot Of Adoption From The InformationWeek 500

Smart Computing, the latest cycle of tech innovation and growth based on new technologies of awareness, analysis, and alternatives, began in 2008. Since then, a growing number of companies have...

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Tool:Large Vendors' US Revenue Projections Still Cautious For 2010

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Blog:What Does The US Election Mean For The Tech Market? Not Much Either Way

While the last results for US Senate and House of Representative seats are still trickling in, the overall picture is clear — the Republicans have taken control of the House, but the Democrats...

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Report:US And Global IT Market Outlook: Q3 2010

We Forecast Slower But Still-Robust 7% To 8% Growth

US economic growth is falling short of our already modest expectations and will expand at a snail's pace of less than 2.5% for real GDP in 2010 (avoiding a double-dip recession. As a result, we have...

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