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Creating greater alignment with business customers is an incredibly hot objective for technology strategists and one that is supported by powerful long-term market trends. Our recent survey of strategy professionals found that 91% of respondents say that increasing their business focus is a strategic priority for their organizations over the next three years — beating out other hot topics in the technology industry such as innovation, investment in social emerging technologies, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, and geographic expansion. Despite the strong interest, however, Forrester finds far too many technology companies see this objective as primarily a responsibility to be handled by marketing organizations. To prepare for the long-term evolution of the technology industry with the business, technology firms will need to take a much more robust approach — one that incorporates the needs of business customers into product development, strategy, marketing, and sales.

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