For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Market Momentum: Tech-Enabled Business Services Market Activity, H2 2008

by Chris Andrews, March 17, 2009

...IT service providers are seeking to embed themselves deeper in the core business processes of their customers. In the process, they are uncovering new market...

For B2B Market Research Professionals

The State Of Global Business Technology Adoption: 2009

Business Data Services Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East, And Africa

by Jennifer Belissent, Ph.D., Heidi Lo, June 30, 2009

...by region. TABLE OF CONTENTS About This Document Basic Segmentation Available Global Business Technology Adoption Outlook For 2009 Budgets And Spending Product Localization Telecom And...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

BI Belt Tightening In A Tough Economic Climate

Practical Advice Applicable To Any Economic Condition

by Boris Evelson, February 20, 2009

...reduce costs. While overall IT budgets become targets for cost cutting, business intelligence (BI) applications and infrastructure need not fall into the same category. Smart...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Business Performance Solutions: Clash Of The Titans

The Market Remains Vibrant Following Vendor Consolidation

by Paul D. Hamerman, January 20, 2009

...SAP, and SAS Institute — dominate this market, while a number of business intelligence (BI), enterprise resource planning (ERP), specialists, and BPS pure plays offer a...

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Inquiry Insights: Business Intelligence, 2008 To H1 2009

The BI Market Is Changing And So Are The Questions

by Holger Kisker, Ph.D., November 5, 2009

...half of 2009, 632 of these questions were related to the business intelligence (BI) market. Despite the economic situation, interest in BI solutions is strong...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™ For BP&A Pros: Business Process Management Suites, Q3 2009

The Need For Increased Business Agility Drives BPM Adoption

by Clay Richardson, Ken Vollmer, Craig Le Clair, August 13, 2009

...Business process management (BPM) refers to a broad category of software, typically sold...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

The Forrester Wave™: Business Performance Solutions, Q4 2009

IBM Cognos, Oracle, SAP, And SAS Lead, With Clarity Systems In Close Pursuit

by Paul D. Hamerman, November 19, 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTSBPS Addresses Mission-Critical Planning And Measurement Processes Business Performance Solutions Evaluation Overview BPS Offerings Show Depth And Maturity In Most...

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Text Analytics Takes Business Insight To New Depths

An Obscure Technology Has Found Its Killer App

by Leslie Owens, October 22, 2009

...Visible Technologies, as well as industry thought leaders. Related Research Documents Business Intelligence (BI) Polishes Its Crystal Ball August 18, 2009 Refresh Your Information Management...

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Market Overview: The Business Intelligence Software Market

Advanced Analytics Will Drive Growth To $14 Billion By 2014

by Holger Kisker, Ph.D., October 23, 2009

...Business intelligence (BI) software is the tip of the application software pyramid. Pure functionality...

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Market Momentum: Business Application Software, H2 2008

Software Supermajors Set The Trend For Integrated Solutions

by Holger Kisker, Ph.D., July 7, 2009

...the market: offering vertical integrated solutions that combine operational functionality with business intelligence (BI) and are often tailored and packaged to address specific industry and...

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Harness The Power Of Your Business Analysts

A Guide To Building Your Business Analysis Program

by Mary Gerush, December 9, 2008

...IT has long known that business analysis is important, but many shops are just beginning to focus on...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Enterprise BI Survey Q&A: BI Professionals Recognize The Need To Focus Beyond Tools

Forrester's Perspective On BI Survey Client Responses

by Boris Evelson, Rob Karel, March 17, 2009

...Business intelligence (BI) remains a top priority for many enterprises, but delivering successful BI...

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Justifying Application Modernization: Industry Analogies Explain Choices In A Business Context

by Phil Murphy, March 17, 2009

...Wary business executives are squeezed by external...business' visibility into data. Business intelligence tools later replaced reports, giving...

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Identifying When To SharePoint, Or Not, For Business Content Needs

Lessons Learned From Early SharePoint Adopters

by Kyle McNabb, Tim Walters, Ph.D., January 9, 2009

...it as a portal, a Web content management (WCM) system, a business intelligence (BI) application, and a .NET development platform.(see endnote 1) SharePoint's...

For CIOs

Closing The Business Technology Alignment Gap

Insights From CIOs In The Forrester Leadership Boards

by Alex Cullen, Alexander Peters, Ph.D., December 18, 2008

...Business execs have high expectations of technology — but lower confidence that IT can...

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Deputize End-User Developers To Deliver Business Agility And Reduce Costs

Accentuate The Positives, Eliminate The Negatives Of End-User Development

by Mike Gualtieri, April 15, 2009

...professionals should help users succeed so that everyone wins — most importantly, the business. The application development professional's call to action is to embrace end...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

To Invest Wisely, Know The Business Value Of Diverse CRM Solutions

by William Band, September 30, 2009

...goal was to determine the business value-add adjusted for uncertainty...Customer data management and business intelligence solutions are becoming much more...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Mighty Mashups: Do-It-Yourself Business Intelligence For The New Economy

by James G. Kobielus, July 23, 2009

...Enterprise business intelligence (BI) professionals face severe resource constraints, and the soft economy keeps budgets...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Business Intelligence (BI) Polishes Its Crystal Ball

IBM's SPSS Deal Nudges Analytics Industry Toward Deeper Predictive Focus

by James G. Kobielus, Boris Evelson, Leslie Owens, August 18, 2009

...competitive "crystal ball"? They use advanced analytics applications integrated into their business intelligence (BI) applications and enterprise data warehousing (EDW) platforms. Many enterprises . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Untamed Business Processes: When Even The Best Of Intentions Go Awry

by Craig Le Clair, August 21, 2009

...Weak architectural approaches spawn niche products, and the use of various business intelligence (BI), business process management (BPM), business rules, collaboration, and enterprise content management...

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Market Momentum: Business Intelligence, Q1 To Q3 2008

Vendor Communications Reflect Business Intelligence Trends

by Holger Kisker, Ph.D., May 29, 2009

...As the business intelligence (BI) market absorbs a recent round of market-changing mergers and acquisitions...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Refresh Your Information Management Strategy To Deliver Business Results

by Rob Karel, James G. Kobielus, August 11, 2009

...lack a framework to ensure business alignment with their information management...this research. Related Research Documents BI Belt Tightening In A Tough...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

SharePoint And BI Survey Q&A: The Last Mile To Business Intelligence Users

The Forrester Perspective On SharePoint And Microsoft BI Survey Responses

by Boris Evelson, May 19, 2009

...By nature, business intelligence (BI) transforms raw, meaningless data into meaningful, tangible, and actionable information. But...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

The Business Case for BI: Now More Critical Than Ever

by Boris Evelson, August 25, 2009

...IT reduces or holds budgets steady in many enterprise software sectors, business intelligence (BI) initiatives remain front and center in most enterprise business and IT...

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Warning: Don't Assume Your Business Processes Use Master Data

Synchronize Your Business Process And Master Data Strategies

by Rob Karel, Clay Richardson, September 21, 2009

...Business process management (BPM) professionals understand...solutions, like data warehousing, business intelligence, and master data management, always...