For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

TechRadar™ For Infrastructure And Operations Professionals: Infrastructure Virtualization, Q4 2009

I/O Virtualization Enters Its Growth Phase

by Galen Schreck, November 16, 2009

Every major category of IT infrastructure has been endowed with some virtualization capability. Although virtualization can make your IT environment more cost-effective and agile, the underlying technologies have matured at different rates. Furthermore, . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

TechRadar™ For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals: Cloud Computing, Q3 2009

As Much Diversity Of Maturity Across Categories As Confusion Among Them

by James Staten, October 2, 2009

The No. 1 challenge in cloud computing today is determining what it really is. What categories of services exist within the definition and business model, and how ready are these options for enterprise consumption? Forrester defines cloud computing as . . .

For CIOs

CIOs: Take Control Of Your BPM Destiny

by Alexander Peters, Ph.D., September 21, 2009

Competitive pressures, both locally and globally, have put business process management (BPM) at the top of corporate agendas. Business executives are tasked with finding new ways to drive strategic efficiency and increased levels of business innovation. . . .

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 as a suite, that automates, improves, and optimizes business processes across the full range of process activity — including human-, document-, and integration-centric . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

TechRadar™ For Security & Risk Professionals: Network Threat Mitigation, Q3 2009

by John Kindervag, July 22, 2009

The news is filled with reports of networks attacks and stolen data. Consumers routinely undergo the stress of fraudulent charges or compromised credit cards. Terms such as "botnet" have become part of our vocabulary. As a result, security and risk professionals . . .

For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

TechRadar™ For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals: ePurchasing, Q3 2009

Services Procurement And EIPP Are Hottest, Supplier Performance And Automated Spend Analysis Show Promise, But Supplier Portals Start To Decline

by Patrick M. Connaughton, Duncan Jones, July 22, 2009

Forrester has used its TechRadar™ on the various subcategories of ePurchasing software to identify which offer the most reliable and fastest-growing sources of business value. We found that eProcurement and eSourcing give the best ROI, with electronic . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

TechRadar™ For BP&A Professionals: The Extended CRM Application Ecosystem, Q3 2009

Social Applications Stimulate Innovation But Sales, Order Management, And Service Hold The Keys To Your Revenue Engine

by William Band, July 9, 2009

Locking in customer loyalty through deeper engagement and differentiated experiences will continue to be critical priorities for organizations in all sectors in the decade ahead, but navigating the complex customer relationship management (CRM) technology . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

TechRadar™ For SRM Professionals: Application Security, Q3 2009

Application Security Comes Of Age Despite A Slowdown In Security Spend

by Chenxi Wang, Ph.D., July 8, 2009

As application-level exploits continue to generate headline news, security professionals increasingly look to application security measures to protect their organizations. To succeed, security professionals must understand the maturity of the various . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

TechRadar™ For BP&A Professionals: Financial Management Applications, Q2 2009

Essential Business Needs Drive High Levels Of Value And Adoption

by Paul D. Hamerman, June 30, 2009

Financial management applications range from essential and ubiquitous tools for accounting and financial reporting to specialized solutions for optimizing process efficiency and cash flow. Compliance is a major requirement underlying several of the solutions, . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

TechRadar™ For I&O Professionals: Green IT 1.0 Technologies, Q2 2009

Helping IT Ops Professionals Understand And Prioritize Green IT Hardware, Software, And Service Investments

by Doug Washburn, June 12, 2009

Green IT is on the rise. Even in the face of a weak economy, twice as many organizations expect to accelerate their green IT plans as expect to slow them down. Why is this? Green IT initiatives are financially motivated, exposing opportunities for cost . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

TechRadar™ For Vendor Strategy Professionals: Database And Server Data Security, Q2 2009

How Vendor Strategists Should View A Critical But Complex Segment Of Security

by Jonathan Penn, Andrew Jaquith, June 9, 2009

The risks of theft, corruption, and abuse have made securing data stored on servers and in databases not only more important and relevant to businesses than ever — but also much harder. To help vendor strategy professionals properly time their investments . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

TechRadar™ For SRM Professionals: Database And Server Data Security, Q2 2009

Database Monitoring Tools Thrive; Classification Tools Try To Survive

by Andrew Jaquith, June 9, 2009

The risks of theft, corruption, and abuse have made securing data stored on servers and in databases much harder. To help security and risk professionals plan their next decade of investments in server data security, Forrester investigated the current . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

TechRadar™ For IT Infrastructure And Operations Professionals: Branch Office Technologies, Q2 2009

Core Technologies Ripe For Consolidation And Centralization

by Chris Silva, May 26, 2009

As businesses look to IT for the efficiencies, savings, and streamlining that will improve the bottom line, consolidation of branch office infrastructure represents a distributed but easy-to-optimize area of IT infrastructure. All the technologies included . . .

For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

TechRadar™ For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals: Software-As-A-Service

CRM And Collaboration Are Growing, And Many New Categories Are On The Horizon, Q1 2009

by Liz Herbert, March 12, 2009

As software-as-a-service (SaaS) becomes increasingly important to firms' application strategies, sourcing and vendor management professionals are taking ownership of the research, purchasing, negotiations, and ongoing vendor relationships for these solutions. . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Tech Strategists — Improve Your Portfolio Planning

by Thomas Mendel, Ph.D., November 12, 2008

Forrester's TechRadar™ methodology is uniquely useful for vendor strategists in their portfolio planning. Using three criteria of ecosystem maturity, business value-add adjusted for uncertainty, and future trajectory, vendor strategists will be . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™ For Vendor Strategists: Enterprise Web 2.0

How Product Strategists Should Approach A Maturing Web 2.0 Market, Q4 2008

by G. Oliver Young, November 3, 2008

Vendors looking to sell into the market for enterprise Web 2.0 collaboration tools face a distinct landscape of technologies and ecosystem players. Navigating this maze will be critical to building long-term client customer value and profitable business. . . .

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™ For I&KM Pros: Enterprise Web 2.0 For Collaboration

Wikis And Social Networks Are Ready To Deliver High Value To Your Enterprise, Q4 2008

by Gil Yehuda, November 3, 2008

No longer new, Web 2.0 technologies solve problems that enterprises have today — but most have not yet used these tools to anywhere near their potential. Waiting for tools to mature seems prudent, but if you wait too long, employees may create their own . . .

For CIOs

Topic Overview: Forrester Methodologies Defend IT Actions In A Down Economy

by Tom Pohlmann, October 20, 2008

Forrester employs four methodologies — TechRadar, Total Economic Impact (TEI), the Forrester Wave, and Best Practices — that align with the decisions you face every day as CIO. This Topic Overview connects the four methodologies and summarizes key research . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™: Enterprise Mobility Infrastructure, Q3 2008

Infrastructure And Services Converge To Make The Workplace Place-Agnostic

by Chris Silva, July 14, 2008

Enterprises see mobility as a top priority and seek to provide more mobility support to employees, implement solutions that provide seamless movement between networks, and formalize mobile policies. However, simply making mobility a key success goal is . . .

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™: Enterprise Content Management, Q2 2008

Content Services Are Disruptive; Imaging Delivers High Business Value

by Kyle McNabb, June 27, 2008

The volume of emails, video, documents, Web sites, collaborative workspaces, scanned images, corporate records, blogs, statements, and other types of content continues to explode. Enterprises don't just need to manage content to reduce risk, they must . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™: Identity And Access Management, Q2 2008

Market Seeks Solutions That Support Business And IT Flexibility And Compliance

by Andras Cser, June 18, 2008

Identity and access management (IAM) continues to be a fragmented field of disjointed technologies with difficult and expensive implementation cycles and even more costly efforts in the wake of bad technology decisions. Products that give quick answers . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™: IT Management Software, Q2 2008

Vendors Need To Reassess Their Portfolio Options For Future Growth

by Thomas Mendel, Ph.D., May 29, 2008

Since the early days of network and systems monitoring, IT management software has morphed into a highly dynamic, attractive, yet complex market with many different market subcategories. In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of their solutions, . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™: The Extended Supply Chain Application Ecosystem, Q2 2008

Wireless Fleets Forge Ahead; Global Trade Management Goes Mainstream

by Patrick M. Connaughton, April 15, 2008

Skyrocketing oil prices, pressure from low-cost competitors and ever-changing, complicated global trade regulations are enough to make even veteran supply leaders want to hide their heads in the sand. Add to that mix an aging and expensive-to-maintain . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™: Infrastructure Virtualization, Q2 2008

Client And Server Virtualization Progress, But Storage Virtualization Reboots

by Galen Schreck, April 4, 2008

Every major category of IT infrastructure has been endowed with some virtualization capability. Although virtualization can make your IT environment more cost-effective and agile, the underlying technologies have matured at different rates. Furthermore, . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™: Enterprise-Class Mobile Devices And Management Solutions, Q1 2008

Mobile Device Evolution Outpaces Management Capabilities

by Benjamin Gray, January 31, 2008

Today's mobile workforce is vast, which means that businesses get faster, better-informed decisions and employees get more flexibility in how and where they work. As mobile networks become more ubiquitous and devices shrink, there's no end in sight to . . .