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Julie serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. Julie's 25 years of work experience is balanced between the engineering and management consulting work she did in the first half of her career and her work as an analyst for the past 12 years. The combination of technical and business expertise positions prepared her well to work with business leaders to identify new opportunities offered by mobile technology and to develop strategies to engage with consumers on mobile devices. She has worked with hundreds of clients across retail, travel, banking, insurance, CPG, healthcare, retail, and more to advise and guide the development of their mobile strategies.
Julie's research and analysis have been widely cited in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, BusinessWeek, RCR Wireless, and The Onion and on CBS, NBC, and PBS.
Prior to becoming an analyst, Julie worked at a contextual services mobile startup in San Francisco and prior to that at Booz Allen & Hamilton.
Julie holds a B.S.E.E. and a Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Better Security Options Allow Enterprises To Finally Say "Yes"
Apple's iPhone and the iPad have become increasingly popular. In 2007, IT dismissed the iPhone as insecure and unsuitable for enterprises. Three years later, the iPhone (and iPad) gives enterprises...
Strategic Plan: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
This report outlines the strategic vision of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) and infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives leading the development of their firm's mobile...

We have a product in place to provide control of the use of CD/DVD and USB devices by approved users on approved devices. This vendor went out of business. We're looking for a product that will...

Determine The Right Practices For Your Organization's BYOD Stipends
Executive Overview: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
This report outlines the executive overview of Forrester's solution for security and risk professionals working on managing mobile and consumer devices. Smartphones and tablets are quickly becoming...
An Empowered Report: Four Important Considerations When Going Mobile
Consumers are using an increasing number of smartphones and tablets to extend their online presence far outside the traditional home or office, and businesses everywhere are quick to capitalize on...
We plan to offer business users the ability to use personally or corporate-owned mobile devices. We're planning to support both Android and iOS as an option. The security team is much more...
Build/Buy Capabilities: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
There is an explosion of both corporate-owned and personally owned mobile devices in the enterprise. Mobility unleashes employee productivity, but it also opens the floodgates for security as well as...
Benchmarks: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
This report outlines the benchmarks of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives working on mobile security and operations initiatives. This report provides a benchmark of budgets,...

Best Practices You Must Enforce With App Developers
As consumer devices such as iPhones and iPads proliferate in the enterprise and among consumers, the number of organizations interested in custom development of mobile applications is steadily on the...
Manage Mobile And Consumer Devices Safely And Efficiently
This report outlines the executive overview of Forrester's solution for security and risk professionals working on managing mobile and consumer devices. Smartphones and tablets are quickly becoming...
Insurers Must Catch Up To The Sophistication Of Today's Fraudsters
Fraud costs the US insurance industry upward of $40 billion, which the industry then passes on to policyholders in the form of higher premiums. Financial crime is on the rise as fraudsters become...
Business Impact: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
With two-thirds of the North American and European workforce reporting that they work outside of their corporate office at least occasionally every month, it's imperative that business leaders...
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...

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...

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...

This report provides insight into corporate mobility adoption trends based on results from Forrester's Forrsights surveys of IT mobility decision-makers and end user workers in North American and...
An Empowered Report: Securing And Enabling The Mobile Workforce
This year, the number of post-PC devices, such as tablets, eReaders, and Internet-capable mobile phones, will eclipse PC devices, such as desktops, laptops, and netbooks. The surge in post-PC devices...
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...

An Empowered Report: Security Pros Must Work Inside And Outside Of IT To Address The Challenges
Amid the rising trend of personally owned smartphone and tablet use in the workplace, security professionals face the tough question of how to properly manage and secure these devices. Secure...
Future Look: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook
This report outlines Forrester's future look for mobile security and operations. We designed this report to help security and risk (S&R) and infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives understand...

Security Is A Core Mobile App Dev Concern
Enterprise business leaders have been quick to adopt mobile devices within their organizations, often leaving security professionals in the dark. When this happens, it may expose the organization to...
Determine The Right Practices For Your Organization's BYOD Stipends
In this age of the empowered, tech-savvy worker, more and more employees are bringing their unsecured devices to work and using them for work activities. To prepare for this tide of devices,...

One of my clients is implementing a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) program and would like to understand if there is a way to divide personal and corporate information. Is that possible? If one of my...
We would like to know the current outlook of malware on smartphones and tablets. Should we recommend antivirus software for corporate-owned devices? Are organizations enforcing antivirus protection...
The mobile market is evolving rapidly. Both the consumer and enterprise markets are experiencing major changes. Room exists for new innovations as well as for established players to develop new...