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Steven serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. He is an authority on Australian online retail, including the behavior of Australian consumers, the sector's pattern of growth, Australian online retail technology adoption, and local retail practices across the entire customer life cycle, including marketing, merchandizing, and customer experience. A consistent theme of his recent research is the need to bury the funnel as a model of how marketing and commerce function, replacing it with a holistic understanding of the customer life cycle. From his base in Australia, Steven observes Asia Pacific trends, with a focus on China. His global research has addressed issues that range from content moderation and green marketing to global marketing management.
Before joining Forrester, Steven spent almost five years with the global, full-service public relations agency Hill & Knowlton. There he launched and managed the company's digital PR offering in Australia. Prior to this, Steven's roles included editor of Australian Macworld and eBusiness editor of Marketing magazine.
Steven received an MBA from the University of Technology Sydney, a graduate certificate in professional writing and editing from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and a B.A. with honors in economic history and industrial relations from the University of Melbourne.
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In reference to Forrester's June 22, 2010, "Software Is Strategic, SIs Tactica" report, can you share more insights regarding systems integrators? The tactical part is not necessarily what we want to...
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How can Forrester's research help an IT organization support a sourcing and vendor management (SVM) group (within the larger organization) with the right technologies and solutions?
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Can Forrester supply any general benchmarking on hourly IT consulting rate ranges for various skill sets for the major players?
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Inquiry after reading Forrester's June 15, 2010, "Technology Buyer Insight Study: How Executives Differentiate Among Their Suppliers" report; Forrester's May 17, 2010, "Technology Buyer Insight...
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Do you have any recent articles about why you should outsource SAP support? What were some of the reasons/drivers causing business and IT to consider outsourcing?
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