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Tim Harmon

Principal Analyst - Team Lead serving Sales Enablement PROFESSIONALS

Tim serves Sales Enablement Professionals in developing SMB go-to-market channels via the application of best practices, business plans, metrics, tools, resources, relationships, and competitive intelligence. His research focuses on the impact of cloud computing and digital marketing on demand chain business models. Tim is a leading expert on business applications software (enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, marketing automation, and social project/collaboration management) and networking and hardware technologies.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to joining Forrester, Tim served in executive management and mentoring roles in the vendor, user, industry analyst, and venture capital aspects of the IT industry. He has been a featured speaker at many industry conferences involving business intelligence, data warehousing, performance management, and enterprise applications and has been published in Austin-American Statesman, BI Review, DM Review, and Intelligent Enterprise. Tim is a member of the Corporate Portfolio Management Association.


Education

Tim attended Iowa State University, majoring in computer science and math and business administration.

Research Coverage:

B2B Marketing, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Go-To-Market Strategies, Hosting & Managed Services, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Information Management, Infrastructure Architectures, Outsourcing, Partner Relationship Management, Tech Partners & Channels

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    Report:Cloud Channel Trends, 2013 To 2014

    A Critical Mass Of Channel Partners Are Embracing Cloud

    Tim Harmon, Jonathan SilberFebruary 28, 2013

    Forrester recently surveyed channel partner company executives on their business model plans with respect to cloud computing. What we learned: After much gnashing of teeth (over marginalized...

    • Downloads: 417
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  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report:How Customers Value IaaS Cloud Channels

    Hosters And Tech Vendors Are Drafting Amazon's Slipstream

    Tim HarmonSeptember 05, 2012

    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...

    • Downloads: 322

  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report:Demand Insights: The SMB Software Market 2011

    SMBs Exhibit A Broad Adoption Profile, But Growth Is Being Stunted By The Credit Crunch

    Tim HarmonOctober 25, 2011

    For most software categories, tech marketers once considered the small to medium-size business (SMB) market to be "software non grata." Their assumption was that most SMBs supported their operations...

    • Downloads: 786
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    Report:Hosting Service Providers — Cloud Partners Or Competitors?

    The Tug-Of-War Between Vendor SaaS And Channel Partner Hosting

    Tim HarmonApril 21, 2011

    A lot of tech vendors — and channel partners — are struggling to define channel partner roles in the cloud services demand chain. On-premise technology variants are starting to lose...

    • Downloads: 895

  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report:Marketing IT Services To SMBs

    Assessments, Audits, And Strategy Consulting Drive Technology Adoption

    Tim HarmonMarch 04, 2011

    Customer spending on IT services will grow dramatically over the next five years, and that includes small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), particularly medium-size businesses. As SMBs' IT spending...

    • Downloads: 863

  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report:Channel Models In The Era Of Cloud

    Channel Partners Expect A Share Of The Cloud

    Tim Harmon, Peter O'NeillNovember 03, 2010

    To identify channel partners' plans, readiness, barriers, and needs as cloud technologies emerge, Forrester Research joined with Outsource Channel Executives (OCE) to survey distributors, value-added...

    • Downloads: 1288

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    Report:Demand Insights: The SMB Software Market 2010

    Small And Medium-Size Businesses Are Defying Gravity

    Tim HarmonAugust 09, 2010

    Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), like their enterprise brethren, are shifting their technology focus from IT to business technology (BT). As their focus on business solutions — as...

    • Downloads: 1004

  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report:The VSB Market Under The Magnifying Glass

    The Very Small Business Profile: Growing, Young, And Mobile

    Tim HarmonJuly 22, 2010

    The very small business (VSB) market is growing in importance for an increasing number of tech vendors, in large part due to the fact that it is the fastest-growing company-size segment in terms of...

    • Downloads: 362

  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report:Channel Sweet Spots

    What Channels Are Customers Sourcing From?

    Tim HarmonFebruary 16, 2010

    Different-sized companies have different channels they prefer for sourcing. Moreover, users' channel preferences vary by persona, vertical, and geography. This varied audience, combined with the...

    • Downloads: 720

  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report:The Changing Yin And Yang Of Tech Vendors And Channel Partners

    Business Model Changes Call For Realigning The Demand Chain

    Tim HarmonJuly 10, 2009

    For years, channel partners have based their businesses around specific offerings sold into specific geographies or verticals. Today, channel partners are making dramatic adjustments to business...

    • Downloads: 538

  • For Sales Enablement Professionals

    Report:A Go-To-Market Prescription For Economic Maladies

    Looking At The Market Through SMB-Tinted Lenses

    Tim HarmonJanuary 30, 2009

    During an economic downturn, all companies exhibit conservative technology buying patterns, not just small and medium-size businesses (SMBs). Consequently, many go-to-market models built for SMB tech...

    • Downloads: 384
 
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