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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 overview of IT in the media and entertainment industry in India in 2009. Having attracted an estimated $2B in foreign investment, the industry...
This report explores India's fast-growing media and entertainment industry (M&E) to help vendor strategists assess the market. Driven by India's healthy economy, rising middle class, higher incomes,...
This document provides vendor strategists with an analysis of the Internet cafe (iCafe) sector in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, and...
This report provides vendor strategists with an analysis of the key issues and concerns facing chief information officers (CIOs) from Malaysia's telecom companies. This report also examines key...
This document provides an overview of the mobile TV market in India. The Indian mobile services market, the fastest growing in the world, presents an exciting market opportunity for content�?driven...
This report provides vendor strategists with a comprehensive overview of the leading local independent software vendors (ISVs) and system integrators (SIs) serving India's media and entertainment...
This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the Internet cafe (iCafe) sector in Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, and Turkey. This report presents an in-depth analysis of...
This document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Bangladesh in Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. In spite of its interim government, the country's IT market continues to offer immense...
This document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Pakistan in Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. Both a market update and national update are provided, which examine the impact of...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Bangladesh during Q1 2008 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share for these products. Particular analysis...
This document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Sri Lanka in Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. A market update and national update are provided, which detail the impact of the...
This document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Cambodia during Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. Despite challenges, Cambodia's PC/server market has huge growth potential due to the...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Pakistan during Q1 2008 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share for these products. Particular analysis and...
This document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Pakistan in Q3 2007 for vendor strategists. This report also gives specific attention to PC market competition, major PC/server deals...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Cambodia during Q4 2007 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share for these products. Particular analysis and...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Sri Lanka during Q1 2008 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share for these products. Particular analysis and...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Brunei in Q4 2007 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share in Brunei for these products. Particular analysis...
This document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Brunei in Q2 2008 for vendor strategists. Both a market and national updates are provided that examine the impact of the government's...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Cambodia during Q1 2008 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share for these products. Particular analysis and...
This document highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Pakistan in Q2 2007 for vendor strategists. As the report details, Pakistan's PC/server market offers increasing growth opportunities,...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Brunei in Q1 2008 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share in Brunei for these products. Particular analysis...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Bangladesh during Q4 2007 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share for these products. Particular analysis...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Pakistan during Q4 2007 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share for these products. Particular analysis and...
This report highlights the dynamics of the PC/server market in Sri Lanka during Q4 2007 to help vendor strategists develop an understanding of market share for these products. Particular analysis and...
This document highlights the dynamics of the PC and server markets in Pakistan in the first quarter of 2007 for vendor strategists. Pakistan's market is in between a "growth" and "decline" stage, and...