Forrester Wave™ Planned Research

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September 2008 IT Services & Outsourcing The Forrester Wave: eSourcing Duncan Jones eSourcing products help buyers run on-line sourcing events ranging from simple RFIs to complex reverse auctions with multiple tender lines. Many vendors support related processes such as supplier discovery and evaluation before the event, and contract award afterwards, but the Wave will not evaluate these areas, because they are covered separately. The Forrester Wave process will analyze vendors' using formal decision criteria within three broad categories: Current Offering, Strategy, and Market Presence. Current offering will include supplier discovery and assessment, event planning and management, bidder support, sourcing decision support, and underlying technology. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
September 2008 MS Products & Channels EMEA (retired) European eCommerce Platforms and Hosted Providers Victoria Bracewell Lewis details to follow Retail Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
October 2008 IT Process & Applications The Forrester Wave: Human Resource Management Systems, Q4 2008 Paul Hamerman This is an update to "The Forrester Wave™: Human Resource Management Systems, Q3 2006" report. Virtually any company with more than 100 employees should have an automated system in place to effectively manage employee records and people-related processes. Personnel-related costs represent the one of the largest expense item in most business types. The mission-critical nature of the HRMS is based on being able to manage personnel costs, operate efficient business processes, comply with regulations and manage legal exposures, and optimize the value of human capital. Forrester will evaluate eight HRMS solutions across about 75 criteria. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
October 2008 IT Process & Applications Forrester Wave: Order Management Hubs, Q3 2008 R "Ray" Wang This report is an update of "The Forrester Wave: Order Hubs, Q2 2006" report. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
October 2008 MS Products & Channels EMEA (retired) European Merchandising Tools Best Practices Victoria Bracewell Lewis details to follow Retail Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
October 2008 MS Products & Channels The Forrester Wave: eCommerce Platforms, Q4 2008 Brian Walker Details to follow. Retail Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
November 2008 IT Enterprise Architecture The Forrester Wave: Business Process Analysis, EA Tools, and IT Planning, Q4 2008 Henry Peyret, Katie Smillie This report will be a refresh of The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Architecture Tools, Q2 2007 and The Forrester Wave™: Business Process Modeling Tools, Q3 2006, combined into a single category. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
December 2008 IT Enterprise Architecture B2B Service Provider Wave Ken Vollmer The document will be a Wave evaluation of the B2B service provider market. This is Forrester's first Wave evaluation of these vendors. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
December 2008 IT Infrastructure & Operations The Forrester Wave™: Mobile Device Management Suites, Q4 2008 Benjamin Gray Details to follow. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
December 2008 IT Infrastructure & Operations The Forrester Wave™:IT Asset Management, Q4 2008 Evelyn Hubbert Update to previous Wave done by Peter O'Neill plus added details from definition paper. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
December 2008 IT Infrastructure & Operations The Forrester Wave: WLAN Guest Access Solutions, Q4 2008 Chris Silva WLAN infrastructure vendors have revamped offerings toward enabling secure, manageable guest access on the WLAN. This Forrester Wave report will explore various vendors' offerings to empower guest access at the IT and clerical levels and explore which vendors are taking an innovative approach to the solution. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
January 2009 IT Information Management The Forrester Wave™: Data Warehousing, Q4 2008 James Kobielus This document will evaluate vendors in the data warehousing market. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
February 2009 IT Information Management The Forrester Wave™: Open Source Business Intelligence, Q1 2009 Boris Evelson Forrester will evaluate leading Open Source BI vendors against approximately 150 criteria. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
February 2009 IT Information Management The Forrester Wave™: Document Output Management, Q1 2009 Craig Le Clair, Sheri McLeish Forrester will evaluate leading Document Output Management vendors against approximately 50 criteria. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
March 2009 IT Infrastructure & Operations Forrester Wave: Blade Systems, Q1 2009 James Staten You've successfully won the argument for moving to blade servers, but whom should you buy them from? This document will provide an objective means of comparing the blade systems on the market today. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
March 2009 IT Infrastructure & Operations Forrester Wave: Mid-Range Storage Andrew Reichman Details to follow. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed
April 2009 MS Customer Experience The Forrester Wave™: Interactive Marketing Agencies - Web Design Capabilities, Q2 2008 Vidya Drego This Wave will look at the current offering and market presence of leading interactive marketing agencies. Create a Research Alert   Set up an RSS feed