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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:2013 Forrester Mobile Security Predictions

The mobile market is evolving rapidly. Both the consumer and enterprise markets are experiencing major changes. Room exists for new innovations as well as for established players to develop new...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Telcos Are Lining Up Broad IaaS Offerings For Asia Pacific Enterprises

Organizations in Asia Pacific are realizing the cost efficiencies and business agility of virtualization and cloud computing. The region's market is crowded with regional and global...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Five Steps To Build An Effective Threat Intelligence Capability

Tools And Technology: The Security Architecture And Operations Playbook

Against today's mutating threat landscape and sophisticated cybercriminals, security and risk (S&R) professionals are outgunned and outmatched. The traditional strategy of waiting for an alert and...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Budgets And Priorities: Global Benchmark 2012

Strategic Planning Forrsights For CIOs

CIOs are under more pressure to do more things, do them faster, and do them with less money than ever before. This has made the IT budget process increasingly stressful and often contentious, as...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Cloud Investments Will Reconfigure Future IT Budgets

As-A-Service Computing Will Shift Budgets From New Project Spending To Ongoing MOOSE Expenditures

In 2012, for most CIOs, spending to maintain and operate the organization, systems, and equipment (MOOSE) represents more than 70% of their information and communications technology (ICT) budget on a...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:IT Industry Disruptions Fuel Renewed Asia Pacific Market Growth

Forrester's 2013 Predictions For Asia Pacific

2013 will be a transformative year for IT adoption in Asia Pacific (AP); multiple IT trends will converge to drive industry disruptions and help spur renewed growth in IT spending. Overall, we...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Industry Contexts And Constraints Diversify Approaches To Bring-Your-Own-Technology

Pharmaceuticals, High-Tech, Professional Services, And Education Will Lead BYOT Adoption In The Coming Years

This report examines how and why bring-your-own-technology (BYOT) varies across 20 industries. BYOT will remain a thorny issue for CIOs in every industry, geographic region, and company size over the...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:The Future Of Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing

Vision: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's vision for communications technology and services sourcing. To ensure effective sourcing of telecommunications and mobility (T&M) services, IT sourcing and vendor...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Emphasize Flexibility In Telecom And Mobility Services Contract Negotiations To Reduce Risk

Processes: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

This report is an update to "Emphasize Flexibility In Communications Service Contract Negotiations To Reduce Risk," originally published on October 9, 2012. This updated report outlines Forrester's...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Prepare For Adaptive Mobile Networks

Small-Cell Technologies Will Transform Both Carrier And Corporate Networks

Mobile connections are increasingly vital to the productivity and efficiency of the businesses that CIOs support, and wireless networks are undergoing radical changes to deliver high-quality...

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For Sales Enablement Professionals

Report:How Customers Value IaaS Cloud Channels

Hosters And Tech Vendors Are Drafting Amazon's Slipstream

The infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud business, with its high margins, is a strong attractant to a slew of provider channels. But customers view different provider types differently in terms...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Using New Communications Technology Models Shifts Strategy For Services Sourcing

Strategic Plan: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

Up until five to seven years ago, sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals responsible for telecommunications and mobility services provisioning focused mainly on delivering value by...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:The Canadian Tech Market 2012 To 2013

Economic Worries Lead Canadian CIOs To Cut Back ICT Purchases

Canada's CIOs and tech buyers are behaving as if Canada is heading for a recession — and it's not. Indeed, while the Canadian economy is growing at about the same 4% rate (at current prices) as...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Prepare For The Connected Enterprise Now

Insights From The Forrsights Networks And Telecommunications Survey, Q1 2012

The connected enterprise is becoming a reality. Businesses require access to the best market information regarding customer demand, supplier options, transport and logistics, and sales patterns. They...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Distributed Organizations Need To Consolidate Communications Vendors

Business Value: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

Forrester enterprise clients with distributed organizations are always interested in simplifying their increasingly complex communications environment. One aspect of this we often hear about is a...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:European Information And Communications Technology Market 2012 To 2013

Spending Growth Comes To A Halt As Europe Slides Into Recession

Overview of the European ICT Market

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Involve At Least Partial Outsourcing To Achieve A Global Communications Technology Vision

Outreach: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

Large multinational corporations (MNCs) recognize the need to define a global communications technology vision for the next three to five years to ensure competitiveness and sustainable business...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Master 10 Trends For Your Cloud Journey

Road Map: The Cloud Computing Playbook

Early in 2011, Forrester made a series of predictions about the future of cloud computing for that year. With 2012 now upon us, it's time to evaluate last year's predictions and introduce new...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Charter A Mobility Council With Seven Tasks

Stakeholder Needs: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook

Smartphones, tablets, and the rise of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs have put tremendous pressure on IT to revamp and rethink its mobile strategy: everything from procurement and development...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Mobility Adoption Is Poised For Strong Growth In India

An Improving Mobility Infrastructure And Ecosystem, Combined With Business And Workforce Demand, Is Fueling Growth

The enterprise mobility market presents a huge opportunity for tech vendors in India, especially for telcos and systems integrators (SIs). Mobility is among the top priorities for business...

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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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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Forrester's Telecom Services Terms And Conditions Tool

This tool can be used as guidance for establishing a baseline set of standard contract terms and conditions for telecom services to be used by IT and general procurement SVM professionals.

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Empower Self-Provisioning With Standard Telecom Contract Terms And Conditions

Tools And Technology: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

Telecom and mobility services contracting challenges proliferate as distributed user firms implement advanced communications technologies like unified communications (UC) and telepresence that are...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Decide Whether To Build Or Source Your Customer Service Operations

Profiles Of Eight Leading Customer Service Outsourcing Vendors

This report outlines the building versus sourcing part of Forrester's solution for application development and delivery (AD&D) executives looking to build, buy, or outsource a customer service...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

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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