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Vikram leads the forecast team, which is responsible for producing all forecasts within M&S research. He is focused on the consumer commerce areas including retail, travel, and financial services. He is keenly involved in understanding the evolution of consumers' online behavior and technology adoption.
Vikram came to Forrester Research through its acquisition of Jupiter Research, where he started in July 2000. Prior to Jupiter, Vikram worked at IRI, a leading market research company, where he worked closely with some of the leading CPG companies.
Vikram often appears on TV, radio, and comments in the press on the US online retail and travel industry. He has been quoted in The L.A. Times, Business Week, The New York Times, CNN Money, and American Banker. He has also appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and Radio, NPR, Fox Business News, and ABC.
Vikram earned an M.B.A. from Virginia Tech and a B.Com from N.M College in Mumbai, India.
To Maximize Revenue, Product Strategists Must Transcend Analog Replicas
Despite minimal pick-up in e-textbook products thus far, publishers know that their historical business models are at risk. Disruptive markets, such as used and rental books, are emerging in response...

Product Strategists Need Discipline In Developing For The Device Splinternet
Product Strategists Need Discipline In Developing For The Device Splinternet
The Splinternet, Forrester's term for the proliferation of platforms and devices, has a new addition: Apple's iPad. Even though the iPad's current install base pales in comparison to other platforms,...
Product Strategists Should Stay Ahead Of Disruption With Innovation Now
Tablets have been the "it" product of 2010 and 2011. But they're not the final form factor. It's time for product strategists to anticipate what's coming next. We've identified five form factors as...
Technological And Social Forces Revolutionize Computing Product Strategy
When Steve Jobs refers to Apple's "post-PC" product portfolio, we hear more than just a buzzword. The post-PC era is real, and its consequences will revolutionize computing product strategy. In this...
The Next Devices And Platforms That Matter To Your Product Strategy
Consumers are adopting technology faster than ever: Witness the rapid mainstreaming of devices such as the Apple iPad and Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360. Wearable devices will be next, but right now...

Product Strategists Must Broaden Wearables' Appeal Beyond Fitness
Wearable devices are part of the next wave of growth and innovation in personal computing, a phenomenon we call "smart body, smart world." Wearables could target any use case, from gaming to...
Lower Prices And More Content Will Broaden Tablets' Appeal Among EU Consumers
Despite Apple's dominance in tablets, product strategists from Acer, Archos, Asus, HP, Motorola, Research In Motion, Samsung, and Toshiba have all launched would-be iPad competitors in Europe. These...
Will Windows 8 be a viable competitor to iOS and Android in the tablet market?
Cannibalization Will Accelerate With The Next Wave Of Tablet Buyers
Product strategists regard tablets with an anxious eye, pondering the extent to which tablets will cannibalize products like newspapers, magazines, laptops, netbooks, and TVs. Forrester's data...
Android Tablets Are Poised To Fail; Amazon.com Could Topple The Apple Cart
With Android smartphone sales surging, it's easy to think that Android-based devices will be the foil to the Apple iPad in the tablet market. But that's not what we see: Miscalculations in pricing...
Sensors, Algorithms, And Psychology Will Power The Next Phase Of Personal Computing
Sensor-laden devices (SLDs) such as wearables and embedded devices — sometimes called "the Internet of Things" — will drive the next phase of growth in personal computing and have the...

Why have PC sales/shipments slowed? Is it because of tablets?
Ownership of tablet devices is poised for rapid growth with tablet users in the US estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 51% from 2010 to 2015. Already a significant percent of...