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Sarah Rotman Epps is a Senior Analyst serving marketing leadership professionals, based in San Francisco. She studies the evolution of personal computing: how devices are changing, the new consumer behaviors they produce, and the industries they disrupt. She advises marketing and strategy leaders on how to capitalize on these trends through Forrester’s syndicated research, consulting, public speaking, and blogging.
Sarah's research is quoted frequently in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, BusinessWeek, The Economist, and other leading publications. She has appeared as an expert on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and NPR. She is a guest blogger on Forbes.com, ReadWrite.com, Ars Technica, PaidContent.org, AdAge, and All Things D. Sarah is a sought-after speaker at industry events.
Sarah joined Forrester in 2004. Prior to her current role, Sarah was an analyst covering media and content, helping publishers optimize their digital content and monetization strategies. Before joining Forrester, Sarah was the publishing director at Let's Go Publications, where she oversaw the publication of the annually updated series of 40 travel guides.
Sarah graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in visual and environmental studies. She cross-registered at MIT and wrote her thesis on tangible interfaces and alternatives to keyboard and mouse computing.
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Wearable devices are part of the next wave of growth and innovation in personal computing, a phenomenon we call "smart body, smart world." Wearables could target any use case, from gaming to pro...
Sensor-laden devices (SLDs) such as wearables and embedded devices — sometimes called "the Internet of Things" — will drive the next phase of growth in personal computing and have th...

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The groundswell of consumers using social technologies poses both a threat and an opportunity for media companies. The threat has often been more visible than the opportunity: User-generated con...
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Product strategists are struggling to make sense of the tablet opportunity: Will there be a market for tablets beyond Apple's iPad, and if so, how big will it be? In this report, we present data...
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