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Report:Cloud Orchestration Models

Service Providers Offer New Models To Address Emerging Buyer Needs For Cloud

Forrester recently interviewed leading services providers around their offerings built for XaaS technologies (i.e., software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, and testing-as-a-service). We also...

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Tool:Forrester Wave™: Oracle Services Providers, Q2 '11

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Blog:The Rise Of Cloud Sourcing

Enterprises are increasingly turning toward cloud deployment models (including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.), attracted by promises of fast deployment, lower upfront costs, and greater elasticity in...

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Tool:Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Mobility Services, Q1 '13

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Report:SaaS Capabilities Assessment

This tool is a self-test to determine where a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution could be a fit and to assess organizational readiness for successfully adopting SaaS within a potential category....

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Blog:SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions (RDS) Address Cost And Speed Of SAP Deployment

At SAP SAPPHIRE (SAP’s biggest user conference, May 14–16), SAP announced that it has deployed more than 1,400 instances of Rapid Deployment Solutions (RDS) at more than 1,000 unique...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Mobility Services, Q1 2013

Analysis Of 13 Global Leaders' Capabilities And How They Stack Up

Enterprise mobility is booming; organizations must connect with employees, customers, and partners in new ways and across new devices and applications. But many organizations don't know how to move...

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Report:Cloud Contracts Checklist

Clients are moving to cloud for more and more mission-critical areas of their business: CRM, HR, collaboration, even IT applications and ERP. But for many organizations, cloud sourcing and cloud...

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Report:Selecting A Services Partner For Business Innovation

Key Criteria And Real-World Success Stories

Business innovation tops the agenda for IT services buyers in 2012, even surpassing cost-cutting as a key priority in some Forrester surveys. But many clients struggle to get business innovation from...

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Blog:SaaS Pricing Models In Flux

At Forrester’s recent IT Forum in Las Vegas, we conducted a roundtable with several leading software and services firms focused on SaaS around the topic of SaaS pricing trends. Key takeaways: ...

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Report:Checklist For Offshore Renegotiation 2010

Considerations For A New Economy

Many clients are asking Forrester about rates and contract clauses as they renegotiate offshore contracts, including questions around what to expect in light of the economic downturn that started in...

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Client Inquiry:Oracle Apps Implementation Market Potential

I wanted to know the overall market potential for Oracle apps implementation as well as its market potential within different verticals, products and geographies.

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Blog:Sourcing Groups Prepare For 2011 -- Cloud Is Key Initiative

Sourcing executives are winding down 2010 and gearing up for 2011. Most of the sourcing executives we have spoken with recently are bullish about the year ahead, despite some looming uncertainty...

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Report:Cloud Computing Offers Both Near-Term And Long-Term Benefits For SAP Customers

Emerging Options Spawn Interest — But The Landscape Is Still Forming

SAP consumes millions of dollars in implementation spend and millions more in ongoing support and operations for many organization's IT budgets. Now, newer cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS)...

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Report:Sourcing Digital Disruption

Executives at leading-edge organizations drive growth, innovate, and disrupt industries with emerging technologies such as social, mobile, cloud, analytics, sensors, GIS, and others. Eighty-five...

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Report:Market Overview: Tier Two Oracle SIs

Smaller Oracle Partners Provide Industry Expertise And Niche Skills

Most Oracle clients have heard of the major global systems integrators (SIs) — like Accenture, IBM, Deloitte, Infosys, and TCS. But many of our clients ask Forrester for information about...

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Tool:Client Satisfaction Has Increased In A Number Of Areas From 2009

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Blog:SAP Buys SuccessFactors, Accelerates Cloud Strategy with Addition of Leading HCM Cloud App

Today, SAP announced plans to acquire SuccessFactors, a leading human capital management (HCM) cloud platform with more than 15 million subscribers. This greatly accelerates SAP’s move into the...

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Report:Inquiry Spotlight: SaaS, H1 2010

Clients Are Asking More Sophisticated Questions On SaaS

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) buyers are no longer asking just: "What is SaaS?" "Who offers SaaS?" and "Is SaaS secure?" Inquiries to Forrester in the first half of 2010 show that SaaS buyers are now...

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Tool:SaaS Projects Are Growing In Length And Complexity

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Client Inquiry:RFP For SAP Infrastructure Hosting With Basis Support

What are some supplier candidates for a request for proposal (RFP) for SAP Basis work?

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Client Inquiry:Standards For Uptime Agreements

What are the standards for uptime agreements, particularly in on-demand or SaaS-type agreements?

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Client Inquiry:Typical Consulting Rates For IT And Business Change Consultancy Services

What are the typical rates for IT and business change consultancy services currently negotiated with key partners (consultancy firms)?

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Blog:Governing Large Implementation Projects: Execution Is Key -- Findings From Forrester's Recent Sourcing Forum

We met with 30 Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals during an action session at Forrester’s Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum in Chicago to discuss how to improve governance...

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Report:Market Overview: Tier Two SAP Services Providers

Smaller SAP Partners Provide Flexible, High-Value Alternatives To Larger SIs

Most SAP clients have heard of the major global systems integrators (SIs) — like Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Infosys, and TCS. But many of our clients ask Forrester for information about...

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