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Forrester Wave™ Planned Research

Planned research — including dates, titles, authors, and research topics — is subject to change at any time.

Projected Date	Role	Title	Analyst	Success Imperative	Industry	Notify Me
August 2009	Consumer Market Research	The Online Research Communities Vendors Wave	Tamara Barber	Work with the best vendors and research methods
The Online Research Communities Vendors Wave
August 2009	Business Process & Applications	Market Overview: Business Intelligence Pricing And Licensing	Boris Evelson, R "Ray" Wang	Define an applications strategy that maximizes value and protects against vendor lock-in
Enterprises spend millions on business intelligence software and services, much of which goes to pay software license and maintenance fees. This document will examine the pricing flexibility of leading BI vendors to determine which ones can give enterprises the best deal.
August 2009	Information & Knowledge Management	The Forrester Wave™: Open Source Business Intelligence, Q2 2009	Boris Evelson	Converge business information, processes, and rules
Forrester will evaluate 4 leading Open Source BI vendors against approximately 150 criteria.
September 2009	Enterprise Architecture	B2B Service Provider Wave	Ken Vollmer	Integrate the architectural stovepipes of business, information, application, and technology
The document will be a Wave evaluation of the B2B service provider market. This is Forrester's first Wave evaluation of these vendors.
September 2009	Security & Risk	The Forrester Wave™: Identity And Access Management, Q3 2009	Andras Cser
Refresh of the IAM Forrester Wave.
September 2009	Business Process & Applications	The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Apps Software Licensing And Pricing, Q3 2009	R "Ray" Wang
This is an update of "The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Apps Software Licensing And Pricing, Q4 2007" report.
October 2009	Consumer Market Research	Wave Online Research Communities	Tamara Barber	Work with the best vendors and research methods
This document will show the metrics to evaluate the different online research communities, what makes them different, the pros and cons, and who's currently leading
October 2009	Business Process & Applications	The Forrester Wave: Business Performance Solutions	Paul Hamerman	Continuously improve financial management processes and technologies
This will be an update to "The Forrester Wave: Business Performance Solutions, Q4 2007" report.
October 2009	Information & Knowledge Management	The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Content Management, Q4 2009	Brian Hill, Craig Le Clair, Stephen Powers	Drive productivity higher by putting content to use
The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Content Management, Q3 2009
November 2009	IT Infrastructure & Operations	Forrester Wave: IT Service Desk Implementation Services	Evelyn Hubbert	Make your infrastructure more efficient
Details to come.
December 2009	Information & Knowledge Management	The Forrester Wave™: Web Conferencing, Q4 2009	Ted Schadler	Empower employees through Web 2.0 and next-generation collaboration tools
This Forrester Wave will evaluate the on-premise and cloud-based conferencing providers. We will look at pre-meeting, in-meeting, and post-meeting features, examine pricing models, and compare the capabilities of products and services from vendors including Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Google, Citrix, Adobe, and Oracle.
January 2010	Sourcing & Vendor Management	The Forrester Wave™: North American Applications Outsourcing Services	Euan Davis, Bill Martorelli	Navigate the evolving ecosystem of IT suppliers
This document will update the initial Applications Outsourcing Forrester Wave ave published in early 2007, offering a comparative evaluation of major application outsourcing suppliers encompassing both global multi-nationals as well as leading offshore firms. Forrester will be preparing separate reports for North America and EMEA.