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Rob Koplowitz

Rob Koplowitz
Principal Analyst

Research Coverage

Collaboration Strategy, Enterprise Collaboration, Information & Knowledge Management, Information Workplace, Instant Messaging, Messaging

Research Focus

Rob serves Information & Knowledge Management professionals. He leads Forrester's research in the areas of how basic content management, instant messaging, blogs, and wikis relate to enterprise usage and the emerging trend of using Microsoft Office as a front end for line-of-business information and processes.

Previous Work Experience

Rob comes to Forrester with many years of experience in enterprise software consulting, product marketing, product management, and strategy. Most recently, he was director of product management with Microsoft, where he played a strategic role with Duet, a joint initiative brought to market with SAP. Prior to Microsoft, Rob was a senior director of product marketing with Oracle, where he was responsible for marketing for Oracle's content, collaboration, portal, and business intelligence offerings. He also spent 15 years in consulting, working for Lotus/IBM and other global software services firms.

Education

Rob holds a B.A. in economics from The University of California, Davis.

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Recent Media Citations
InfoWorld, "Microsoft To Detail Feature-Complete SharePoint Upgrade," October 19, 2009
Portals & KM, "My Reviews Of The Collaboration Platforms On The Recent Forrester Wave," Oct. 8, 2009
CRM Magazine, "Collaboration Software Vendors Come Together On Forrester Wave," September 2, 2009
eWeek, "Offisync to Celebrate Google Docs-Microsoft Office . . . ," July 7, 2009
CIO, "Microsoft SharePoint Vs. Enterprise 2.0 Start-Ups," June 22, 2009
Financial Times, "Google Wave: A Secret Weapon For Enterprise," May 29, 2009