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Connie is a member of Forrester's Business Technology Futures team, which serves CIOs and their business partners by predicting the long-term business impact of information technology. Her research focus is on smart computing and analytics.
Connie came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group in 2003. She has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry and has been an analyst for 19 years. Most of her research focuses on business process management and business optimization. Prior to joining Giga, Connie managed BIS Strategic Decisions' European IT consulting group, headquartered in the UK. Before then, Connie was vice president of product marketing at TDC (now part of BancTec), a manufacturer of high-end document capture systems. She was also a manager with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), specializing in document management, document imaging, and end user computing. Earlier, Connie was with Wang Laboratories, where she managed Wang's technical support resources for the US Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. She began her career in IT and management at Mathematica Policy Research.
Connie was the co-champion of Forrester's 2009 Business Technology Forum, with its theme of "Lean: The New Business Technology Imperative." Connie also co-championed Forrester's 2007 Technology Leadership Forum, with the theme of "Design for People, Build for Change," and Forrester's 2008 Technology Leadership Forum, themed as "Embrace Technology Chaos, Deliver Business Results." Connie is a widely sought speaker. She has keynoted at many industry events, chaired 10 business process and workflow conferences in Europe and the US, and co-chaired Giga's "Leveraging Knowledge" conference. Connie also served as a director of AIIM International, the premier association for the content management industry, and is a member of the Association of Business Process Management Professionals.
Connie attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a B.A. in political science and history from East Carolina University and an M.B.A. in information systems from George Washington University.

Deliver Blazing-Fast Web, Mobile-Native, And Hybrid Applications
Over the past decade, infrastructure and operations (I&O) teams have focused large amounts of resources on making their customer-facing websites blazingly fast because website experience had a direct...
Better Security Options Allow Enterprises To Finally Say "Yes"
Apple's iPhone and the iPad have become increasingly popular. In 2007, IT dismissed the iPhone as insecure and unsuitable for enterprises. Three years later, the iPhone (and iPad) gives enterprises...
They Will Grow Twice As Fast As The Enterprise Application Market
Smart process apps are a new category of application software designed to support business activities that are people-intensive, highly variable, loosely structured, and subject to frequent change....

What are the latest CMDB trends? What are our peer companies prioritizing?
Understanding Key Aspects Of Developing A Secure Smart Grid
The smart grid is the bidirectional supply chain that connects power generation to transmission, distribution, and consumers by using information technology. These smart grids promise greater energy...

When looking for an ITSM tool, what criteria should we use to determine whether the solution should be internally hosted versus software-as-a-service (SaaS)? What are the most important...
This report summarizes the 28-page Forrester report "Mobile Is The New Face Of Engagement." By 2016, smartphones and tablets will put power in the pockets of a billion global consumers. However,...

What is the minimum distance that a contingency site should be from the primary site to eliminate the possibility of a single incident rendering both sites inoperable? Said another way, at what...
Three Emerging Factors Will Force Major Disruption In Server Technologies
For the past two decades, long-term planning for the x86 server estate has been predictable for infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives — but over the next three years, this planning...
Many sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals who Forrester speaks with know that they need to play a proactive role in sourcing emerging technologies but have difficulty identifying which...
SVM Worries About Impact On Revenue Commitments And Discount Eligibility For Corporate-Liable Users — Don't!
This report answers three questions about enterprise mobile bring-your-own-device (BYOD) practices: 1) what the major trends are regarding BYOD adoption; 2) how firms are managing their BYOD programs...

What are the various technologies for quick disaster recovery suitable for distances between the main data center (DC) and the backup DC of 30 km (18.6 miles), 80 km (49.7 miles), and 200 km (124.3...
Market Landscape: The Communications And Collaboration Infrastructure Playbook
I&O professionals choosing unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions today face a daunting array of solution types, capabilities, and business models. This report outlines a...

A Move That Will Lead To Significant Change In The B2B Market
In an aggressive move, IBM has taken steps that will lead to major changes in the business-to-business (B2B) integration market. If approved, its proposed acquisition of Sterling Commerce will...
Are companies doing a PC refresh as part of their support model using the same resources or is a refresh treated as a separate project? In addition, are business projects also implemented by the same...
Distinct Competencies Separate The Core Vendors
In Forrester's 85-criteria evaluation of vendors that offered data networking solutions, Forrester identified eight significant solution providers in this category — Alcatel-Lucent, Arista...
