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Report:Market Overview: Mobility Services

Fast-Growing Market Gives Buyers Lots Of Choices But Also Tradeoffs

The emerging mobility services market creates choices for buyers. Leading organizations are scrambling to create mobile experiences for employees, partners, and customers — both applications...

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Report:Competing In The Fast-Growing SaaS Market

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) continues its fast-paced growth as buyers seek shorter deployment times, faster ROI, and pay-as-you-go pricing. In a recent survey of 1,017 technology decision-makers,...

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Report:The ROI Of Cloud Apps

A Total Economic Impact™ Analysis Uncovers Long-Term Value In Cloud Apps

Cloud applications continue to gain momentum in enterprise applications as buyers are attracted to fast deployment speeds, low upfront costs, and ongoing flexibility to scale up or down as needs...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence Services Providers, Q4 2012

The 12 Market Leaders That Deserve To Be On Most Shortlists

In the past few years, the business intelligence (BI) services market has evolved significantly: advisory and management consulting firms have beefed up their implementation capabilities, while...

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Report:How SaaS Will Change Technology Sourcing Strategy

Sourcing executives are increasingly considering SaaS solutions as part of their overall technology vendor landscape. Are these technologies disruptive to sourcing? To answer that question, Forrester...

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Report:SaaS Clients Face Growing Complexity

Large Enterprises Require Due Diligence For Effective SaaS Purchases

With adoption of SaaS among both large enterprise and small and medium-size business (SMB) clients on the rise, according to recent data from Forrester's Business Data Services, gone are the days...

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Report:SaaS Adoption 2010: Buyers See More Options But Must Balance TCO, Security, And Integration

Forrester recently interviewed more than 1,000 enterprise software decision-makers to find out their investment strategy for 2010. The growing maturity of software-as-a-service (SaaS) combined with...

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Report:The SaaS Market Hits Mainstream: Adoption Highlights 2011

Forrester recently surveyed more than 1,000 firms across North America and Europe to better understand software-as-a-service (SaaS) adoption and the business drivers for SaaS usage. We found that...

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Report:Software-As-A-Service Adoption Expands

Sourcing Executives Must Be Ready To Support New SaaS Purchases

Forrester recently surveyed 239 application software decision-makers and found that SaaS adoption continued to grow, even in the face of the current bleak economic conditions. Beyond the general...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Mobility Services, Q1 2013

Analysis Of 13 Global Leaders' Capabilities And How They Stack Up

Enterprise mobility is booming; organizations must connect with employees, customers, and partners in new ways and across new devices and applications. But many organizations don't know how to move...

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Report:Best Practices: SaaS Systems Integration

Findings From 42 Firms That Leveraged Third-Party Help In SaaS

Forrester recently surveyed 42 clients that are using third-party systems integration support for rollout of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions such as salesforce.com, Workday, and Google Apps....

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Report:TechRadar™ For SVM Professionals: Software-As-A-Service, Q4 2011

Software-As-A-Service Still Growing, Taking Over In More Areas Of Technology

As software-as-a-service (SaaS) becomes increasingly important to firms' application strategies, sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals are taking ownership of the research, purchasing,...

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Report:Systems Integration Spend Rebounds In 2010

Sourcing Execs Must Drive Successful Vendor Selection, Governance, And Pricing

Forrester's Q2 2010 survey of more than 2,800 IT services buyers across the globe shows that firms are again investing in more strategic initiatives, with IT strategy consulting and systems...

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Report:Insights Into Real-World SAP Projects

Findings From Our Recent Study Of 186 SAP Clients Using Third-Party SIs

Forrester surveyed 186 SAP services client references and found that overall satisfaction and perception of pricing transparency rated high — but numerous gaps exist. Key areas that sourcing...

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Report:Business Outcome-Based Pricing Models Drive Results In Packaged Application Implementations

After significant cost cutting during the past 18 months, clients are entering 2010 with an eye to top-line growth. Sourcing executives want to get high ROI out of technology investments and...

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Report:The Benefits Of Centralized SaaS Strategy

How Companies Are Preparing For The Unstoppable As-A-Service Offerings

Developing a centralized software-as-a-service (SaaS) strategy has become a bigger priority for sourcing and vendor management professionals over the past year. Firms are not only expanding their...

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Report:TCO And Security Are Top Concerns For SaaS

This presentation contains data on software-as-a-service (SaaS) implementation and expansion plans at North American and European Enterprises and SMBs, as well as reasons why firms are not interested...

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Report:Buyers Of BI Services Navigate A Crowded Landscape

Sourcing Professionals Sift Through Choices With Multiple Dimensions

Forrester sees strong interest from technology buyers in business intelligence (BI), including the significant expansion of existing BI initiatives as well as new projects. Key areas of investment...

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Report:Business Intelligence Services Pricing And Contracting

New Models Better Align BI Services Buyers And Sellers

Business intelligence (BI) is high on the list of technology investments as organizations try to make informed decisions with the growing masses of data available to them. But several significant...

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Report:Provider Resourcing Models In SAP Projects

Analysis Of Resourcing Models Across 186 SAP Customers

Forrester clients investing in SAP solutions frequently ask us questions about how many resources they should expect to need for SAP projects and ongoing SAP support. These SAP shops want to know how...

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Report:Selecting A Services Partner For Business Innovation

Key Criteria And Real-World Success Stories

Business innovation tops the agenda for IT services buyers in 2012, even surpassing cost-cutting as a key priority in some Forrester surveys. But many clients struggle to get business innovation from...

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Report:Vendor Management Profile: Business Services

This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises via our Business Data Services Enterprise Governance And Sourcing Survey in July 2006....

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