Jonathan Silber

Analyst serving Sales Enablement PROFESSIONALS

Jonathan serves Sales Enablement Professionals, in particular channel marketing and channel management professionals. He provides market intelligence and insight about channel partner identification, recruitment, fit, loyalty, satisfaction, and retention, with a focus on channel business models in transition as a result of technology shifts (e.g., cloud computing) and buyer behavior changes (e.g., consumerization of IT). Moreover, Jonathan is a leading thinker on channel go-to-markets by vertical industry.

Previous Work Experience

Jonathan joined Forrester through its acquisition of Springboard Research. Prior to the acquisition, he led Springboard's vertical industries research in Asia Pacific and emerging markets, advising SMBs and large organizations on strategies for segmenting and discovering key opportunities within the public sector, healthcare, defense, etc., while maintaining a competitive advantage. Concurrently, he spearheaded Springboard's Green IT research practice.


Education

Jonathan holds a bachelor's degree in political science and English from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Jonathan Silber's Research

  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report: Finding And Developing Partners Of The Future

    In the past 18 months, the buzz and momentum surrounding tech accelerator programs in the US has exploded, and now more than 100 tech accelerators dot the country. This boom is not only great fo...

    • Downloads: 4
  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report: Market Overview: Managed Service Providers, Part 2

    An inflection point has surfaced in the managed service provider (MSP) market. Tech vendors must awaken to the revolution that is swiftly taking shape in the ecosystem as cloud computing adoptio...

    • Downloads: 150
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    Report: The 10 Most Innovative Partner Co-Marketing Tactics

    B2B partner marketers are tasked with improving the marketing prowess of their partner communities, but progress has been slow to date. With the rise of social media and avant-garde digital mark...

    • Downloads: 215
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  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report: Cloud Channel Trends, 2013 To 2014

    Forrester recently surveyed channel partner company executives on their business model plans with respect to cloud computing. What we learned: After much gnashing of teeth (over marginalized pro...

    • Downloads: 417
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  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report: The Cloud Has Changed Channel Sourcing Dynamics For Software

    In 2010, Forrester published a report on channel sweet spots to address how small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) source their software needs. Two years later, we're revisiting this topic to i...

    • Downloads: 169
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  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report: Market Overview: Managed Service Providers, Part 1

    The IT channel has radically transformed over the past several years, and managed service providers (MSPs) have emerged triumphant. MSP market growth now outpaces the rest of the IT industry, bu...

    • Downloads: 867
    • Comments: 2
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  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report: Cloud Channel Trends, 2013 To 2014

    Forrester recently surveyed channel partner company executives on their business model plans with respect to cloud computing. What we learned: After much gnashing of teeth (over marginalized pro...

    • Downloads: 417
    • Rating:
  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report: The 10 Most Innovative Partner Co-Marketing Tactics

    B2B partner marketers are tasked with improving the marketing prowess of their partner communities, but progress has been slow to date. With the rise of social media and avant-garde digital mark...

    • Downloads: 215
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  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report: Tech Channels Have A Long Way To Go Toward Adding Marketing Value

    Is your channel marketing enablement program first-rate? Sorry to break it to you, but we have reason to believe it's not. Tech vendors are investing more than ever today to empower their channe...

    • Downloads: 192
    • Comments: 1
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  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report: The Cloud Has Changed Channel Sourcing Dynamics For Software

    In 2010, Forrester published a report on channel sweet spots to address how small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) source their software needs. Two years later, we're revisiting this topic to i...

    • Downloads: 169
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Jonathan Silber's Planned Reports

Jun 2013

Report: Channel Partner Loyalty

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