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Contents: Issue 2

Editor's Note

Letter from Forrester's CEO, George Colony

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Why Your Customers Hate You

By James Surowiecki

Who are your customers? Most companies can’t answer that question, and even if they could, they’re not set up to do anything with the information.

The Faces of Offshoring

By Emily Backus, Jennifer Hamm, and Harris Collingwood

Offshoring is remaking individual lives, industries, cities, even whole countries mdash; but not always in obvious or predictable ways. Hear the stories of the people on the front lines of the offshoring revolution.

The Road to Wellville

By Steve Mirsky

Where medicine intersects with IT, there’s enormous potential to produce better patient outcomes, reduce costs — and untangle the chaotic U.S. healthcare system.

Connect

Offshoring, Round 2

Companies are getting the hang of outsourcing. Now, can they get a handle on costs?

Letting the Boss Blog

When CEOs should blog and when they shouldn’t.

Lost in Translation

Hispanic consumers are flocking to the Internet. Does your company’s website speak their language?

CEO Gut Check

Thanks to Blink, instant thinking is in. But intuition isn’t foolproof.

Identity Crisis

Consumers aren’t the only victims of hackers and phishers. So are corporate reputations.

Who’s the Boss?

Your CIO needs to report to someone — maybe not the CEO.

Still Buying After All These Years

As the CD-buying population grows older, the music industry tries out some new sales pitches.

Sizing Up Sarbox Software

Forrester ranks the new compliance packages.

Commercial Interruptions

Time is running out for the 30-second TV spot. The alternatives are still on the drawing board.

Release

Point, Click, and Shoot

A Texas ranch comes under fire for hunting via the web.

“This Is Your Captain Squeaking . . .”

Scientists explore the computing potential of rat brain cells.

We’d Like to Thank Our Sponsors

A compendium of odd pairings.

Keeping It Real

Businesses grapple with consumers’ ever-changing notions of authenticity.

Gangs of New York

A leading business-network theory is correct, but for the wrong line of business.

Up, Up, and Away

Got some high-performing employees? Send them hurtling toward Earth.

The Amazonians

A look inside the world of Amazon.com’s top product reviewers.

Sensor Sensibility

Rest a little easier on the beach this summer.

All Thumbs

A text message interview with an SMS speed champ.

Is That a Phone in Your Pocket?

Porn makes its way onto mobile phones, and an industry quivers.

Apple’s Pie

Is iTunes a good thing for the music industry?

Feature Creep

No, really. You need this new device. Trust us.