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Dane serves CIOs and leads an Asia Pacific team that guides business technology professionals across various roles including Sourcing & Vendor Management, Application Development & Delivery, Security & Risk Management, Infrastructure & Operations, and Enterprise Architecture. Dane provides strategic guidance and advice to clients in the areas of organization design, innovation, emerging technologies, and supporting business technology operations in Asia Pacific markets. His research focuses on helping clients mature from an IT-centric role in their organizations to a business-embedded one.
Dane's views on the Asian IT market are commonly cited in prominent publications and broadcast media, and he is a sought-after speaker at industry events in both Asia and the US.
Dane was both the cofounder and the CEO of Springboard Research (which Forrester acquired in May 2011), where he oversaw the business and all research activities.
Prior to founding Springboard Research, Dane worked for IDC Asia/Pacific for nearly a decade in both Hong Kong and Singapore, playing a major role in the firm's regional expansion and leading a number of key research areas including personal systems, enterprise systems, vertical markets, and consulting. His last position with IDC Asia/Pacific was as vice president of consulting and vertical markets.
Dane graduated with a B.S. degree in business administration from The Citadel in the US.
This report provides comprehensive insights and practical outcomes for the Indian managed IT services market from an end user and supplier perspective that enables vendor strategists to identify...
This document provides vendor strategists with Forrester's forecast projections for the Australian IT services marketplace from 2009 to 2014. It is designed to provide insight into the top-line...
This report provides an overview of the Indian IT services market for the banking, financial services, and insurance vertical for vendor strategists. The document offers a market forecast,...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the enterprise mobility market in Asia Pacific in 2008-2012 based on interviews with leading enterprise mobility equipment/device vendors...
This report provides a comprehensive background of the IT services market in India in order to enable vendor strategists to address market opportunities more successfully. It provides a forecast for...
This report focuses on the competitive dynamics of IT services by geography in order to enable vendor strategists to better understand the market dynamics inherent in each Asia Pacific region...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of India IT services market dynamics based on our internal data and insights, secondary research and interviews with key MNC and local...
This document provides a comprehensive background of the healthcare dynamics across the Australian marketplace in order to enable vendor strategists to address market opportunities more successfully....
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of, and forecasts for, the Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) IT services market from 2007-2011, comprised of infrastructure services, application...
This report provides a comprehensive background of the India IT services market dynamics from the end user perspective in order to enable vendor strategists to address market opportunities more...
This document provides vendor strategists with Forrester's forecast projections for the New Zealand IT services marketplace from 2009 to 2014. It is designed to provide insight into the top line...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the Korean IT services market. It notes key observations, substantiated by relevant market-sizing figures, and predicts the market areas...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the key trends in the demand for and supply of SAP skills in Asia Pacific in 2009 from a business and enterprise user perspective based...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of Asia Pacific's IT services market and forecasts from 2006 to 2011. This report's key data highlights that the IT services market in Asia...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the Asia Pacific green IT services market. Key observations detailed in the report include data that shows the APEJ green IT market is...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the impact of the Oracle-Sun deal on IT industry in the key Asian markets, which account for roughly 15% and 18% of global revenue for...
This report provides vendor strategists with a comprehensive overview of the possible merger between HP and EDS, and the potential impact of the move on the IT services industry. Particular analysis...