Forrester

For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Report:The State Of Mobile Technology Adoption: 2013

A Benchmarking Guide For eBusiness Professionals

Mobile technology for both hardware and software is experiencing a frenetic pace of change. The definition of table stakes or "being in the game" is constantly moving. eBusiness professionals have...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Public Cloud Platforms, Q2 2013

One Size Does Not Fit All Developer Needs

Public cloud platforms are the keys that unlock the flexibility, productivity, and economic advantages of cloud computing. Application development and delivery (AD&D) pros use a wide variety of...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:The Worldwide Tablet Forecast

A ForecastView Report

Forrester recently launched its first global tablet forecast. This report provides color and insight into the numbers behind the forecast. We examine some of the key drivers from both a consumer and...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:The Steadily Growing Database Market Is Increasing Enterprises' Choices

An Overview Of The Enterprise Database Management System Market In 2013

Business demand for more applications, larger databases, and new analytics initiatives is driving innovation and growth in the database market, with new options for cloud, in-memory, mobility,...

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For Sales Enablement Professionals

Report:Evaluate Your Channel Partner Loyalty Initiative

Benchmarks: The Channel Partner Loyalty Playbook

In 2012, Forrester surveyed channel professionals to get a pulse on the progress vendors are making toward successfully building channel partner loyalty programs. The results show that the majority...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Document Collaboration Vendor Landscape

In 2009, Forrester produced The Forrester Wave™: Collaboration Platform to evaluate a maturing vendor landscape for document collaboration solutions. Since that report, the market has seen...

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For Sales Enablement Professionals

Report:Finding And Developing Partners Of The Future

Opportunities Abound In The Tech Accelerator Community

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 for the...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:IT Will Skip Windows 8 As The Enterprise Standard

But Workers Should Have The Freedom To Use Windows 8 Devices

Windows 8 is the boldest release of the OS since Windows 95. Microsoft chose to discard the Start button in favor of a new look designed to tie together the PC, tablet, and, smartphone experience....

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Predicting Individuals' Loyalty To Mobile Computing Ecosystems

As Multidevice Adoption Spreads, Today's Weak Attachment To Vendor Ecosystems Will Strengthen

Personal technology vendors are engaged in a battle for their customers' loyalty, which (they hope) will translate to ongoing investment in related devices, software, and services. As individuals...

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For Sales Enablement Professionals

Report:Seeding The Cloud Channel

Channel Partners' Plans And Needs For Business Model Transformation

As technologies and tech decision-makers' needs evolve at a livelier pace, channel professionals need to consider channel partners' perceptions and investment plans and develop their own game plan to...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Navigating Diversity In Operating Systems And Browsers

Heterogeneity Is Here — And Mobility Is Driving It Further

Infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals face a splintered landscape of operating systems (OSes) and browsers, which complicates investment decisions tied to what they deploy and support for...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Answer Five Questions When Selecting A Cloud Collaboration And Productivity Suite

A Buyer's Guide For Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps For Business, And IBM SmartCloud For Social Business

Over the past two years, Forrester clients have shown great interest in the cloud collaboration and productivity suites Microsoft, Google, and IBM offer: We've fielded more than 150 inquiries on this...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Evaluating Microsoft's Software Assurance

Are You Making The Most Of The Benefits On Offer?

Whether acquired via the Microsoft Select Plus agreement or Enterprise Agreement (EA), many organizations have signed up to the Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) program, but time and again we find...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:The Forrester Wave™: Web Content Management For Digital Customer Experience, Q2 2013

Adobe Offers A Leading Combination Of Strategy And Resources

Web content management (WCM) software has evolved from a set of primarily technical tools for website management into broad products and suites that support the imaginations (and needs) of digital...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:How To Successfully Set Up IT Infrastructure For Your Business In China

For the thousands of foreign companies that establish business operations in China every year, one of the first things on their to-do lists is setting up IT infrastructure, including horizontal and...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Monitor The Performance Of Your Social Business And Collaboration Program

Performance Management: The Social Business And Collaboration Playbook

The benefits of improved information sharing and collaboration from deploying enterprise social computing are hard to quantify. With the exception of email and audioconferencing, collaboration...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Revive Your IT Management Software Portfolio

Operational management tools have been used for well over a decade, but assembling them is like assembling a jumble of jigsaw puzzle pieces, and the value of these tools remains ambiguous. Much of...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:SharePoint Adoption Faces Three Barriers: Mobile, Social, And Cloud

These data charts contain the full results of Forrester's August 2012 Global SharePoint Usage Online Survey. The results indicate that weak mobile access and social computing features combined with...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:Forrester Research Smartphone Adoption Forecast, 2012 To 2017 (US)

ForecastView Spreadsheet

Smartphone installed base and subscriber data in the United States. Includes data on subscribers by operating system (2011-2013 only) as well as age and income ownership demographics. Includes...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:Forrester Research Smartphone Adoption Forecast, 2012 To 2017 (Western Europe)

ForecastView Spreadsheet

Smartphone installed base and subscriber data for 16 countries in Western Europe. Includes age and income ownership demographics by country as well as subscribers by operating system for selected...

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For Marketing Leadership Professionals

Report:Forrester Research World Smartphone Adoption Forecast, 2012 To 2017 (Global)

ForecastView Spreadsheet

Global installed base and subscribers for smartphones in 54 countries. Also includes global and regional data on subscribers by operating system (2011-2013 only). Breaks out age and income...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:The Forrester Wave™: Point Of Service, Q2 2012

Epicor, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Micros Retail-J, NCR, Oracle, And Wincor Nixdorf Lead, With JDA, Micros Xstore, Retalix, And SAP Close Behind

In Forrester's 70-criteria evaluation of point-of-service (POS) vendors, we identified the most significant solution providers in this category — Epicor Software, Fujitsu, NCR, JDA Software,...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:SharePoint Enters Its Awkward Teenage Years

Customer Struggles With Social, Cloud, And Mobile Signal A Transition

Microsoft SharePoint is the centerpiece of many enterprises' collaboration and content strategies, but it isn't clear to us that enterprises will continue to invest in SharePoint to provide a broader...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:2013 Mobile Workforce Adoption Trends

More BYOD, More Devices, More Mobility, More Apple

Have we hit peak bring-your-own-device (BYOD)? Which apps are most important on smartphones? How many employees are interested in Windows tablets? Do employees use mobile devices for work more at...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:TechRadar™ For AD&D Pros: The Extended CRM Technology Ecosystem, Q1 2013

Landscape: The CRM Playbook

Locking in customer loyalty through deeper engagement and differentiated experiences will continue to be critical priorities for organizations in all sectors in the decade ahead, but navigating the...

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