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Masami serves Vendor Strategy Professionals by analyzing trends in the Japanese IT industry. She is also responsible for overseeing Japanese research and operations.
Masami joined Forrester through its acquisition of Springboard Research. She previously worked as a senior market analyst at IDC. She was also a market intelligence manager at American Power Conversion (APC), where she was responsible for the analysis of macroeconomic and tech industry trends, competitive landscape, and brand perception. Prior to that, Masami was a consultant at Price Waterhouse Consultants (now part of IBM).
Masami holds an M.B.A. and a master's degree in international economics.
Ten Key Lessons That Can Help You Strengthen Your Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Plans
Earthquakes, tornadoes, monsoons, hurricanes, flooding, and other severe natural disasters have brought alarming devastation to regions around the world over the past several years. As the human,...
Channel Partners Are Redefining Their Roles To Compete In A Changing Market
Japan is the second-largest IT market in the world after the US, and its channel ecosystem is increasingly becoming broader and more complex. This report provides vendor strategists with an analysis...

The Emergence Of Pay-Per-Use Models Increases Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Adoption Rate
The devastation of Japan's largest earthquake and tsunami has forced Japanese firms to focus on and invest in business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR). Prior to the earthquake, many...
Industry Changes Will Drive Opportunities For Vendors
The business process outsourcing (BPO) adoption rate among Japanese organizations has always lagged that of North America and Western Europe, despite the relative maturity of the Japanese market. But...
Providers Must Address Energy Efficiency And Governance To Thrive
Over the past 18 months, all of the significant data center players in the Japanese market -- telcos, vendors, service providers, and systems integrators (SIs) -- have been aggressively investing in...
This document provides an overview of cloud computing end user adoption trends in Japan for vendor strategists. The report is based on findings from a cloud computing survey targeting Japanese...
This document provides vendor strategists with Forrester's forecast projections for the Japan IT services marketplace from 2009 to 2014. The report offers a market forecast by key IT services...
Be Ready To Comply With Dynamic Regulatory Changes
Understanding the laws and regulations that govern data privacy across your organization is critical for any company, but it can be challenging. As a result, too many security and risk (S&R)...
This document provides an overview of software-as-a-service (SaaS) in order to enable vendor strategists to better understand the SaaS market in Japan. The report compares SaaS market growth with...
This document provides an overview of SaaS (software-as-a-service) in order to enable vendor strategists to better understand the SaaS market in Japan. The report compares SaaS market growth with IT...
These are the data tables for the report, Japan SaaS Market Forecast And Update: 2009 To 2014." The report provides an overview of software-as-a-service (SaaS) in order to enable vendor strategists...
These are the data tables for the report, "Japan SaaS Market Overview." The report provides an overview of software-as-a-service (SaaS) in order to enable vendor strategists to better understand the...