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Leslie Owens

Principal Analyst & Research Director serving Enterprise Architecture PROFESSIONALS

Leslie serves Enterprise Architecture Professionals. She leads a team of analysts who provide research and advisory services on emerging technology, information strategy and architecture, data management, and content management. Leslie provides Forrester's coverage of specific information management topics such as enterprise search, semantic tools, information classification, and taxonomies. She helps enterprises improve access to information through strategic application of technology and guidance on process.

Previous Work Experience

Leslie has more than 12 years of experience in the field of information management. Prior to joining Forrester in 2007, she managed the enterprise search program at Abbott Laboratories. In this role, she developed the enterprise search strategy and guided the selection of ontology management software. In addition, she contributed to enterprise initiatives around records management, collaboration, digital asset management, and web content management systems. Prior to Abbott, Leslie developed taxonomies as an independent consultant for Fortune 500 clients.


Education

Leslie holds a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a focus on cataloging and classification. She holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Duke University.

Research Coverage:

Enterprise Portals & Search, Enterprise Portals, Intranets & Extranets, Enterprise Search Platforms, IBM, Information Management, Information Workplace, Microsoft, Research In Motion, Taxonomy & Classification, Text Mining & Analytics

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    Report:Outsourcing In China: Key Lessons Learned

    Multinational Corporations Are Increasingly Considering Outsourcing To Local Vendors

    Gene CaoOctober 10, 2012

    Most leading multinational corporations (MNCs) have already established their business in mainland China, and now other MNCs are planning to expand their go-to-market plans in the world's...

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    Report:China's SAP Services Market Is In Flux

    Sales To SMBs And Expansion In Tier Three And Tier Four Cities Are The Market's Key Growth Engines

    Gene CaoMay 02, 2012

    The major SAP services customer base in China is evolving from large enterprises to small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) — an evolution that parallels SAP China's business transformation....

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    Report:IT Buying Behavior Study Of Government-Related Customers: PRC

    Gene CaoOctober 01, 2010

    This document provides a comprehensive overview of IT procurement in the government-related market in China, with a focus on how new policies to foster local innovation and limit IT procurement from...

    • Downloads: 13

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    Charts & Figures:Forecast: SAP Services In China, 2011 to 2016

    Sales To SMBs And Expansion In Tier Three And Tier Four Cities Are The Market's Key Growth Engines

    Gene CaoJuly 06, 2012

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    Report:PRC IT Services Report: 2010

    Frederic Giron, Gene CaoFebruary 01, 2011

    This document provides early and accurate market size estimates for 2010 in China, including vendor rankings and activities, forecasts, and market trends for vendor strategists. The report is based...

    • Downloads: 27

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    Report:China Cloud Storage Services Report

    Gene CaoMay 31, 2010

    The cloud storage services market in China is in the early adopter stage and will undergo fast growth over the next five years, especially in the second half of that period. This report provides...

    • Downloads: 23

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    Report:Driving Outsourcing Success In China

    Service Provider Strategies Need To Reflect Local Market Issues

    Gene CaoNovember 11, 2011

    The IT outsourcing market in China will significantly mature as customers are getting more acquainted to the value proposition of outsourcing. Although the outsourcing provider landscape is already...

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