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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 document provides vendor strategists with an analysis of the key trends in the Asia Pacific IT market in 2010 and previews the top trends that will shape the local market in 2011. This document...
This report provides detailed analytical information on enterprise use of IT in the Asia Pacific IT marketplace for vendor strategists. The document highlights the market share for antivirus software...
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...
Networking usage in Asia Pacific has surged in the past decade, driven by the region's large-scale economic development and its emergence as a high-potential market. Although the global economic...
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 an overview of the green IT market in the APAC region based on a survey of 1,200 strategy leaders and decision-makers at small, medium, and large...
This document analyzes the key aspects of the enterprise networking equipment market in India and details its key trends, major growth drivers, and inhibitors for vendor strategists. This report also...
This report analyzes the key aspects of the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan), enterprise networking equipment market in the public sector and includes the market's forecasts, key trends, major growth...
This document analyzes current IT investment trends and dynamics among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Japan for vendor strategists. Specifically, this report examines general SMB IT...
This document provides vendor strategists with an analysis of the key trends in Asia Pacific's IT market in 2007, and previews the top 10 trends that will shape the regional market in 2008. As the...
This report provides vendor strategists with a comprehensive overview of the impact of green IT trends on purchasing decisions. An overview of green IT products, strategies, and marketing is...
This report provides vendor strategists with a comprehensive overview of the Australian green IT landscape, including a study of the trends in Asia Pacific, North America, and Australia. In addition,...
This report provides an overview for vendor strategists of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market in Asia Pacific. As SaaS is quickly gaining momentum in the Asia Pacific region, this report offers...