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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.
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.
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.
Road Map: The Cloud Computing Playbook
Early in 2011, Forrester made a series of predictions about the future of cloud computing for that year. With 2012 now upon us, it's time to evaluate last year's predictions and introduce new...

Business Plan: The Cloud Computing Playbook
We all believe that cloud computing can save us money but aren't sure how to maximize these savings. Firms almost always consider cloud computing a cost advantage compared to the in-house, always-on...

But Finding A Good Place To Start Is A Challenge For Most Shops
At Forrester's IT Forum in Las Vegas in May 2009, we hosted an analyst panel about saving, making, and risking cash with cloud computing. The session sparked a lot of interest — and a lot of...
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...

Build/Buy Capabilities: The Cloud Computing Playbook
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...

Future Look: The Cloud Computing Playbook
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...

Enterprises and SMBs report on their interest and adoption of cloud computing.
Use The Cloud To Transform Them Instead
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...

We'll Finally Get Real About Cloud
As we start the new year, there is one clear takeaway regarding the cloud computing market: Enterprise use has arrived. Cloud use is no longer solely hiding in the shadows; IT departments are no...

Change Management: The Cloud Computing Playbook
It's all too easy for CIOs and IT departments to build a strategy around any new technology area that is focused on delivering lower IT costs and greater operational efficiency. However, to get your...

Skills And Staffing: The Cloud Computing Playbook
Cloud services, from departmental SaaS applications to consumer-facing file sharing, are being brought into your organization, and they are increasingly weaving their ways into business workflows....
And No, It's Not Your Virtualization Manager
Nearly half of all enterprise IT shops claim to be prioritizing private cloud investments in 2013, but both in the largest enterprises and those firms that are most aggressively investing in public...

Encourage Cloud Consumption The Right Way
You know your company is using cloud services; our Forrsights Software Survey, Q4 2011 shows that the average enterprise has between four and 12 software-as-a-service (SaaS) services in use already,...

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...
