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Global Banking Platform Deals 2012 — Regions

Forrester surveyed 29 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2012 deals. Our analysis of these deals by region reveals that growth ranged widely — from slight shrinkage to...

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Report:Market Overview: IT Services In China, 2013

Businesses Now Have More Options To Drive Competitive Differentiation In China

China has entered a new phase of economic development, driven by government focus on expanding the domestic market. This transition will have a significant impact on private and public organizations...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Managed Global MPLS Services, Q1 2013

Customers Have A Range Of Strong Options In This Mature Service Category

In Forrester's 55-criteria evaluation of facilities-based managed global MPLS service providers, we identified and qualified 11 global network operators that offer networking services to...

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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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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:The Forrester Wave™: Emerging Managed Security Service Providers, Q1 2013

Ten Emerging Service Providers That Have The Chops To Be Your Managed Security Service Provider

In Forrester's 15-criteria evaluation of the emerging managed security services provider (MSSP) market, we identified the 10 most significant providers in this category — Alert Logic; CompuCom;...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Global Banking Platforms, Q4 2012

TCS, Infosys, Sopra Banking Software, And Temenos Lead, With SAP, FIS, And Polaris FT Pursuing

In Forrester's 62-criteria evaluation of global banking platform vendors, we identified the eight most significant software providers — FIS, Infosys, Oracle, Polaris Financial Technology...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:The Forrester Wave™: IT Organization Redesign Consultancies, Q4 2012

New technologies, service offerings, business changes, and other factors are driving CIOs to change the structure, processes, governance, and culture of IT organizations. However, redesigns are an...

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Report:Navigating The Microsoft Services Landscape

Trends And Tradeoffs Of Leading Microsoft Services Players

Microsoft technologies span a wide range of products and services, including enterprise applications such as Dynamics AX and Dynamics CRM; desktop and collaboration applications such as Office,...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence Services Providers, Q4 2012

The 12 Market Leaders That Deserve To Be On Most Shortlists

In the past few years, the business intelligence (BI) services market has evolved significantly: advisory and management consulting firms have beefed up their implementation capabilities, while...

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Report:Navigate The SaaS Implementation Partner Landscape

SI Overview For Salesforce.com, Workday, Google, And Other SaaS Integration Options

Organizations use software-as-a-service (SaaS) across more and more areas of their enterprise applications landscape — from customer relationship management (CRM) to human capital management...

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Report:SVM's New Stakeholder: Product Development

Changes In Product Development Provide An Opportunity For Sourcing Professionals To Move To The Heart Of The Business

Product development teams are faced with a myriad of pressures caused by the pervasiveness of technology, increased competition, and new requirements from customers. But at the same time, they are...

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Report:Mobile's Ascendance Will Accelerate IT Services Restructuring

The IT Services Opportunity In Systems Of Engagement

Mobile is more than just a pretty face. New platforms will usher in a whole new class of systems focused on engaging customers, employees, and business partners. The move to systems of engagement and...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Business Technology Transformation, Q3 2012

The Majority Of The Vendors Are Leaders In This Emerging Market

Today, business transformation is often about technology transformation. At the very least, business transformation is always technology-enabled, so what sort of consultants can best help clients...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Telcos Dive Headlong Into Asia's Cloud

Differentiation And Precise Market Segmentation Will Determine Success

As the Asia Pacific cloud market develops, it is becoming extremely crowded with competitors looking to position — or reposition — for future success. Many traditional telecommunications...

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Report:Global Banking Platform Deals 2011

The 2012 Survey Indicates Tighter Competition

In early 2012, Forrester surveyed 25 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2011 deals. Survey results indicate a consolidating market: Counted deal volume for firms included in the...

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Report:Market Overview: Mobility Services

Fast-Growing Market Gives Buyers Lots Of Choices But Also Tradeoffs

The emerging mobility services market creates choices for buyers. Leading organizations are scrambling to create mobile experiences for employees, partners, and customers — both applications...

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Report:Cloud Strategies Of The Leading Global IT Infrastructure Outsourcing Providers

During the past two years, the initial exploratory interest by enterprise customers in cloud services has shifted toward more aggressive implementation plans, and the strategies of the global IT...

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Report:Market Overview: Public IaaS Clouds, Q4 2011, Part 1

How To Sift Through The Cloud Washing And Uncover True Value

While cloud computing is still in the early adopter phase, you're under executive pressure to develop a cloud strategy. And it's up to you to sort through the cloud washing and not only understand...

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Report:Market Overview: Public IaaS Clouds, Q4 2011, Part 2

AWS Leads A Rapidly Growing Field

For many I&O professionals, developing a cloud strategy is a top priority for 2011 and 2012. After strategically selecting certain workloads fit for public IaaS, it's now time for selecting your...

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Report:Global Banking Platform Deals 2010: Functionality

Demand Centers And Functional Heterogeneity Make Selection More Difficult

Forrester surveyed 23 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2010 deals. Core banking and channels continue as important factors in many regions. Beyond that, regional functional...

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Report:The SaaS Market Hits Mainstream: Adoption Highlights 2011

Forrester recently surveyed more than 1,000 firms across North America and Europe to better understand software-as-a-service (SaaS) adoption and the business drivers for SaaS usage. We found that...

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Report:Services-Led Solutions Reshape The Security Market

Redefining Your Competition, Partners, And Value Proposition When Everyone's A Security Vendor

The IT security market is about to undergo a significant transformation toward becoming a services-led market. Several disruptive trends are overwhelming end user IT security practices, and the...

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Report:US Tech Market Outlook: Q1 2011

Building A Springboard In 2011 For Even Stronger Growth In 2012

While overall US tech market growth of 8.0% in 2011 will be a bit slower than the 8.9% growth in 2010, this year will still be a bright year for tech vendors. Yet, based on their own revenue...

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Report:Trends 2011 And Beyond: Business Intelligence

Agility Will Shape Business Intelligence For The Next Decade

Forrester continues to see ever-increasing levels of interest in and adoption of business intelligence (BI) platforms, applications, and processes. But while BI maturity in enterprises continues to...

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Report:Global Banking Platform Deals 2010

Some Banking Platform Vendors Mastered The 2009 Storm Smoothly

Forrester surveyed 23 vendors of globally deployed banking platforms on their 2010 deals. Considering participants of both the 2009 and 2010 surveys, deal volume of the top 10 vendors increased by...

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