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Derek serves Enterprise Architecture Professionals. He is an internationally recognized expert in business process management (BPM) and organizational transformation. He has worked in this area for more than 20 years, dealing with major brands, governmental organizations, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Derek's research focuses on the methods, approaches, frameworks, tools, techniques, and technologies of business architecture; BPM; business process improvement; business transformation; and organizational change. He places special emphasis on an outcome-based, customer-focused approach.
Derek is a well-known keynote speaker and chair of major EA conferences. As co-chair of BPMI.org, he helped merge the organization with the Object Management Group (OMG).
Derek completed the Early Growth Program at London Business School.
Executive Overview: The Workforce Enablement Playbook
BYOD. BYOPC. Consumerization. These are the words that send shivers down the spines of infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals responsible for "end user computing" in their companies....
Manage Mobile Complexity Through A Corporate App Store
Today, many employees use their personally owned smartphones and tablets for work to access a variety of mobile applications. Some companies are also proactively deploying mobile applications to...

IEEE Steps In With A Standard For Mobility Infrastructure Experts
Understanding mobile technology was a key priority for IT managers in June 2008 when Forrester originally published this report. Controlling cost was paramount and new investments were stagnated, but...

J.P. Morgan Improves Performance And Responsiveness By Bringing Its Retirement Plan Services' Infrastructure In-House
As more multiyear infrastructure outsourcing contracts come up for renewal, we see a surge of I&O teams looking to bring infrastructure back in-house. But how do you go about it? J.P. Morgan went...
Performance Management: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
This report outlines the performance management of Forrester's solution for infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives working on mobile security and operations. This report is designed to help...
Protecting The Corporate PCs Is As Important As Protecting Servers
What's your reaction to this scenario? Your CEO leaves his laptop, full of mission-critical (but encrypted) data, in a cab. One frantic phone call later and we learn that a far-sighted employee had...
I&O Should Manage Mobile Complexity Through A Corporate App Store
Today, employees are using personally owned smartphones and tablets at work, and firms are leveraging an array of mobile applications to interact with employees, customers, partners, and suppliers....

I&O Execs Need To Prepare For Heterogeneous Environments As They Plan Their Next-Generation Desktop Strategies
Most infrastructure and operations (I&O) managers are in the late planning stage or early deployment phase of their next-generation desktop. This long overdue transformation will introduce...
Take Seven Steps Now Under The Charter Of A Mobility Council
Smartphones, tablets, and the rise of bring-your-own (BYO) devices have put tremendous pressure on IT to revamp and rethink its mobile strategy: everything from procurement and development to...

Windows 7 Adoption Drives Firms To A Modern Desktop Powered By New Hardware, Operating System, Browser, And Office Suite
More than one year after its general availability (GA) launch, Windows 7 powers one out of every 10 PCs within North American and European companies. While far from overwhelming — especially...
Forrester data continues to show employee demand for business ready smartphones, tablets, and mobile applications. This presentation walks you through our data and provides insight into how your...
Performance Management: The Workforce Enablement Playbook
This report outlines Forrester's solution for developing effective metrics to measure the performance of your workforce computing initiatives. Identifying and implementing a comprehensive, relevant...
Empower Workers With The Freedom To Choose Their Preferred Mobile Devices
Within the next 12 to 18 months, most IT managers worldwide will significantly alter their client computing strategies, and this will have a profound impact on smartphone adoption and management....
Skills And Staffing: The Mobile Operations And Security Playbook
This report outlines the skills and staffing needs for Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) and infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives working on mobile security and operations...

An Empowered Report: IT Focuses Attention On BlackBerry, iOS, And Android
The commercial mobile device landscape continues to evolve dramatically, and the days are numbered for limiting IT support to a single mobile operating system (OS). Google Android and Apple iOS are...
Support Empowered Workers Better By Managing Your Enterprise Mobility Strategy Efficiently And Securely
To implement your enterprise mobile strategy, IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals must invest in a mobile device management (MDM) solution. This essential technology allows I&O...

Road Map: The Workforce Enablement Playbook
This report outlines Forrester's solution to help IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders develop their five-year technology road map for workforce computing. This is important because into...

Support For Tablets And Employee-Owned Devices Drives IT To Invest In Mobile Device Management Solutions
Tablets and employee-owned devices are crippling infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals' existing mobile strategies, tools, and people resources. I&O managers must now ensure the integrity...

Policy And Procedures: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
This report outlines the policy recommendations of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) and infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives working on mobile and security...
An Empowered Report: IT Should Focus Attention On BlackBerry, iOS, And Android
The smartphone landscape has evolved dramatically over the past 12 months. BlackBerry's relentless assault, the iPhone's maturation of management features, and Android's device and carrier...
Support Empowered Workers Better By Managing Your Enterprise Mobility Strategy Efficiently And Securely
To implement your enterprise mobile strategy, IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals must invest in a mobile device management (MDM) solution. This essential technology allows I&O...

Stakeholder Needs: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
Smartphones, tablets, and the rise of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs have put tremendous pressure on IT to revamp and rethink its mobile strategy: everything from procurement and development...

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Road Map: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
This report outlines the road map of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives working with their counterparts in infrastructure and operations (I&O) to build a five-year technology...

Interest in cloud-based email is mounting as pressures for IT infrastructure and operations professionals (I&O) to manage and secure smartphones and tablets for an increasingly mobile workforce are...
