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Blog:Three American Leaders In Green IT And Building Technology

Watching the World Cup over the past few weeks gave me a new appreciation for soccer/football/futbol. Imagine passing, catching, shooting a ball with NO HANDS. The goal that Ghana scored in overtime...

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Blog:Painting The IT Industry Landscape

All of us in the technology industry get caught up in the near-term fluctuations and pressures of our business. This quarter’s earnings, next quarter’s shipments, this year’s hiring...

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Blog:In Sustainability, Britannia Rules

I was in London last week, delivering the opening keynote at the Green IT Expo conference. I had previously spoken at this event back in 2008, and it was nice to see a bigger crowd of perhaps...

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Report:Emerging Markets And Technologies Drive Tech Industry Growth

Forrester's 2012 Tech Industry Predictions

2012 is the year that the performance of emerging markets will be crucial to the growth prospects of the global technology industry. In particular, the top tier of the emerging markets — which...

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Blog:Bottom-Up Innovations That Change How IT Does Sustainability

There is still another quiet day or two on the fresh page of my calendar, before the new year really gets going. Schools are still playing Bowl games, and the tree is still up (if brown-ish), so it...

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Blog:Green IT Adoption Is Driven by Business, Not Environmental, Considerations

I've been leading Forrester's efforts in sustainable computing and green IT for the past three years, with a particular focus on the role of IT professionals and assets in...

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Report:Six Business Technology Trends That Will Propel Your Firm In 2013

From Technology Foundations To Business Outcomes

Forrester sees six important trends unfolding in business technology (BT), where information technology will most directly and visibly affect business outcomes. Not having an initiative or effort...

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Blog:Sustainability Doesn't Sell ... Or Does It?

Let me start off this post on a downbeat note: Improving sustainability is not a high priority for companies, according to data from the recent Forrester survey of business decision-makers. The...

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Blog:3 (New) Predictions For The Future Of Carbon And Energy Management Software

Eighteen months ago, I wrote a market overview report, "The Advent of Enterprise Carbon and Energy Management Systems." Returning from vacation last week, I was sifting through the recent news from...

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Blog:A View Of VERGE From An IT Expert's Perspective

Part of my role managing the Business Technology Futures team at Forrester is to keep an eye on "what's next" for CIOs and their business partners. My team is chartered to create an early-warning...

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Blog:IT For Sustainability Will Drive The Next Wave Of Corporate Evolution

Environmental concerns like climate change have not yet become the primary driver for businesses to define, implement, and execute a dedicated sustainability strategy. Rather, sustainability...

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Blog:How To Make The CFO A Buyer For Sustainability Solutions

Most of the suppliers of IT-for-sustainability (ITfS) solutions that we work with have one path to finding a buyer in their customer organizations: through the IT organization. Whether giants, such...

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Report:Another Year Of Outperformance For The Tech Industry

Forrester's 2011 Tech Industry Predictions

In this report, we highlight macro trends and specific predictions that indicate the directions of growth and disruption for the technology industry in 2011.

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Blog:How The IT Industry's Posture On Sustainability Moves From Defense ("Green IT") To Offense ("IT for Green")

  My work at Forrester is focused on helping strategists at IT suppliers (vendors) align their development, positioning, and messaging with the big trends and disruptions in the industry....

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Blog:Navigating The World Of Sustainability Solution Players

My research team at Forrester helps tech vendor strategists anticipate and navigate in rapidly changing market environments. We can't take a siloed view on specific product and service...

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Blog:What's On The Radar For Sustainability Research In 2011?

  Last week, Forrester gathered its 1,200 worldwide employees together for an offsite meeting in Boston to kick off our agenda and plans for 2011 and beyond. It was the first time we had gotten...

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Blog:The Overall IT Budget Environment Has Turned Positive

Forrester’s newest survey of the IT spending environment has encouraging news that underpins our forecasts of a rebound in industry fortunes after the nasty recession of 2008-09. The good news...

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Blog:Three ICT Roadblocks In Realizing Smarter Buildings' Potential

The promise of smart buildings is cropping up across the ICT industry lately. Our calendar of vendor briefings and events is crowded with announcements of new products, acquisitions, and...

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Report:Forrsights: The Macro Trends Shaping The Tech Industry This Decade

Emerging Opportunities And Imperatives For An IT Industry In Transformation

Rather than quietly maturing into middle age as it enters its seventh decade, the information and communications technology (ICT) industry is continuing to evolve rapidly. The ICT landscape is roiled...

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Blog:3 Ways Carbon Management Software Firms Can Capture The Market

It's a challenge for every company with a software "solution" for sale: it's a solution, but for what? Are customers looking for an all-encompassing solution to a big problem, or a targeted...

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Blog:How Autodesk Tackles The Next Frontier Of IT-For-Green

My travels last month took me back to the Bay Area for client meetings and a chance to spend some time at the Autodesk Gallery, a very cool space near the ferry building in San Francisco. Autodesk...

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Blog:A New Online Resource For Vendor Strategists

The Forrester Vendor Strategy Professionals team is excited to introduce a new way for strategists and marketers at tech suppliers to discuss and offer advice on their peers' most...

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Blog:How Smart Computing Is Fueling The Next Wave Of IT Growth

In 2009, my research team here at Forrester published a report on what we called "smart computing," a new generation of hardware, software, and networks that connects physical infrastructure with...

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Blog:6 Types Of Sustainability Software That Meet Any Company's Needs

It's been clear for some time that sustainability is moving from the periphery toward the center of many companies' strategic agendas, and that IT systems and software will play a crucial...

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Blog:Are Sustainability Conferences Sustainable?

That was my thought as I sat down to a lovely banquet dinner to kick off the Low-Carbon Earth Summit (LCES) in Dalian China a couple of weeks ago. I was lucky enough to be on the keynote agenda at...