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James Staten

Vice President, Principal Analyst serving Infrastructure & Operations PROFESSIONALS

James serves Infrastructure & Operations and CIO Professionals, providing insights and best-practice use of cloud computing (IaaS, public and private clouds, cloud storage services and related cloud technologies and services). As the content lead for Forrester's Cloud Computing Playbook, he further advises IT leadership on cloud economics, cloud outsourcing (strategic rightsourcing), IT cloud readiness and business and developer engagement on cloud.

James is the author of best-practice analysis on maturing your virtualization and cloud practices, building a cloud computing consumption strategy, and optimizing web infrastructures for blazing-fast performance.

Previous Work Experience

James has more than 25 years' experience in the industry, having served as a reseller, vendor strategist, chief marketing officer, journalist, and analyst for companies including Autodesk, Azul Systems, Gartner, Rockwell International, and Sun Microsystems.

He is a frequent speaker at industry, corporate, educational, and Wall Street events and has guest lectured at leading business schools. James has been named a top cloud computing analyst each of the last four years by leading industry associations including Web Hosting Industry Review (2009) Apollo Research (2010-11) and fWired (2012). He is also the 2011 recipient of the Forrester Bill Bluestein Award, given to the analyst whose body of work continually inspires our clients and guides their decisions to be great.


Education

Working out of Silicon Valley, James holds a master's degree from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree from the University of North Texas.

Research Coverage:

Amazon, CSC, Capgemini, Cisco Systems, Dell, Deloitte, Hewlett-Packard, Infosys Technologies, Oracle, Research In Motion, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro

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  • James Staten
  • Architecture & Technology Strategy

  • For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

    Report:TechRadar™ For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals: Cloud Computing, Q3 2009

    As Much Diversity Of Maturity Across Categories As Confusion Among Them

    James StatenOctober 02, 2009

    The No. 1 challenge in cloud computing today is determining what it really is. What categories of services exist within the definition and business model, and how ready are these options for...

    • Downloads: 3047

  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    Report:Best Practices: Attaining And Maintaining Blazing Fast Web Site Performance

    A Multidisciplinary Approach Is Key

    Mike Gualtieri, James StatenFebruary 04, 2009

    Customers have great expectations when they visit your Web site. They increasingly want a rich, interactive experience, and their tolerance for latency is approaching zero. If you cannot achieve...

    • Downloads: 1585

  • For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

    Report:TechRadar™ For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals: Cloud Computing, Q4 2011

    Maturity, Acquisitions, And Enterprise Experience Drive Cloud Use Forward

    James Staten, Galen SchreckNovember 18, 2011

    With interest in and priority for investment in cloud rising, concern and challenges remain regarding what is (and isn't) a cloud computing service and which options are safe, mature choices. To help...

    • Downloads: 1672
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  • For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

    Report:Deliver Cloud Benefits Inside Your Walls

    Economic And Self-Service Gains Are Within Reach

    James StatenApril 13, 2009

    While the excitement about cloud computing centers on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and other public infrastructure-as-a-service products, many enterprise infrastructure and operations...

    • Downloads: 1525

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Make The Cloud Enterprise Ready

    James StatenJune 01, 2012

    In 2008, Forrester examined whether cloud computing was ready for the enterprise. In 2012, the answer is a definitive yes, but many enterprises aren't ready for the cloud. This report outlines the...

    • Downloads: 1165
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  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Rightsource Your Applications For The Cloud

    Build/Buy Capabilities: The Cloud Computing Playbook

    James StatenMay 24, 2012

    CIOs frequently ask us which applications they should consider moving to the cloud or replace with cloud services. Forrester provides you with a methodology to answer this question and help you...

    • Downloads: 1197
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  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Cloud Keys An Era Of New IT Responsiveness And Efficiency

    Future Look: The Cloud Computing Playbook

    John R. Rymer, James StatenNovember 19, 2012

    The cloud landscape is shifting to cover a broader range of enterprise needs. Why? Cloud is curing the lack of responsiveness and economic flexibility that ails on-premises IT. Look for the popular...

    • Downloads: 874
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  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    Report:A Surprising New Java Platform Option: VMware

    Acquiring SpringSource, VMware Targets Java And Clouds

    John R. Rymer, Mike Gualtieri, James Staten, Jeffrey S. HammondAugust 26, 2009

    VMware's ambition is to expand up the stack from its franchise in systems virtualization software into application platforms. The company's decision to buy Java frameworks specialist SpringSource is...

    • Downloads: 708

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Don't Move Your Apps To The Cloud

    Use The Cloud To Transform Them Instead

    James StatenNovember 05, 2012

    It has become conventional wisdom that leveraging cloud services will save you money. But that isn't universally true. To achieve these benefits, especially from cloud platforms...

    • Downloads: 762
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  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    Report:Oracle Gets More Specific About Its Sun Plans

    No Forced Migrations, But Only Some Sun Products Seem Strategic To Oracle

    John R. Rymer, Jeffrey S. Hammond, James StatenDecember 21, 2009

    As the European Commission's (EC's) objections to the acquisition of Sun Microsystems continue to delay the deal, Oracle issued clarification on its intentions for Sun's technology, most notably its...

    • Downloads: 498

  • For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

    Report:Case Study: Amylin's Strategic Rightsourcing Strategy

    Amylin Shaves 15% Off Its IT Budget By Incorporating Cloud Services

    Onica King, James StatenJune 04, 2010

    To keep pace with a changing business model and rapidly changing technology demands, Amylin Pharmaceuticals had to dramatically change the way it delivered IT infrastructure services. This required...

    • Downloads: 412

  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    Report:AP Taps Cloud To Reach Next-Generation News Consumers

    News Agency Puts Content Integration API On Windows Azure To Increase Customer Reach

    James StatenAugust 02, 2010

    The Associated Press (AP), the world's oldest and largest news cooperative, provides up-to-the-minute reporting that is seen or heard by nearly half the world's population. However, changes in how we...

    • Downloads: 323

  • For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

    Report:Strategic Rightsourcing Application Portfolio Analysis Tool

    James StatenMay 11, 2011

    This portfolio analysis tool is based on Forrester's strategic rightsourcing methodology and client best practices and can be specifically adapted to your organization's objective of identifying...

    • Downloads: 33

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Q3 2012 Global Cloud Developer Online Survey Results

    John R. Rymer, James StatenDecember 14, 2012

    This PowerPoint deck presents the data gathered from Forrester’s Q3 2012 Global Cloud Developer Online Survey.  The survey fielded 106 responses; 56% from North America; 25% from Western...

    • Downloads: 39
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