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Report:Enable Workplaces Of The Future, Now!

Flexible Work And Cowork Redefine Workplace Diversity

If you haven't heard the latest office gossip, you might want to figure out why. As workers increasingly work from home, a coffee shop, a public library, the train, or one of the new coworking...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Five Seismic Forces Reshuffle The Workforce Vendor Ecosystem

Landscape: The Workforce Enablement Playbook

2012 brought a tectonic shift in worker technology requirements. Many more employees now purchase their own devices, bring them to work, and use them to conduct personal and professional activities...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Build A Road Map For Workforce Computing

Road Map: The Workforce Enablement Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's solution to help IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders develop their five-year technology road map for workforce computing. This is important because into...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Habitat For Engagement: Unleash Workforce Potential With Agile Enablement

Vision: The Workforce Enablement Playbook

This report outlines the vision of Forrester's solution for infrastructure and operations (I&O) executives responsible for "end user computing" — the delivery and support of technology and...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Seven Business Technology Resiliency Lessons Learned From Superstorm Sandy

Key Takeaways That Can Help You Strengthen Your Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Plans

In late October 2012, Superstorm Sandy barreled through the Caribbean and the eastern US, affecting almost half of the states in the US. The storm left millions without access to basic...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:The Coming Integration Of Personal Cloud Services And Enterprise Apps

How Workers' Personal Cloud Services Will Link Into Enterprise Applications

Personal cloud services such as Dropbox and Evernote seem like consumer-focused apps that CIOs should block from authorized workplace use. Currently, many CIOs believe that mobile devices and...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:2013 Mobile Workforce Adoption Trends

More BYOD, More Devices, More Mobility, More Apple

Have we hit peak bring-your-own-device (BYOD)? Which apps are most important on smartphones? How many employees are interested in Windows tablets? Do employees use mobile devices for work more at...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Mobile Authentication: Is This My App? Is This My User?

Strategy Deep Dive: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook

Mobile devices are everywhere: at work, in the hands of your customers, and with employees. Security and risk (S&R) professionals need to provide users with secure and seamless mobile access to...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:The Future Of Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing

Vision: The Telecommunications And Mobility Sourcing Playbook

This report outlines Forrester's vision for communications technology and services sourcing. To ensure effective sourcing of telecommunications and mobility (T&M) services, IT sourcing and vendor...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Mastering The Business Tablet Landscape

Landscape: The CIO's Mobile Engagement Playbook

Tablets are the darlings of hypermobile employees who want to be always connected and productive. They are the newest player in the mobile landscape and are even starting to be a viable alternative...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Build Your Workforce Computing Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan: The Workforce Enablement Playbook

Forrester's survey data shows that 50% of firms say investing in systems to improve engagement with customers and partners is a high or critical priority. And few areas of technology are as...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Info Workers Will Erase The Boundary Between Enterprise And Consumer Technologies

The Info Worker Population Will Grow From 555 Million To 865 Million By 2016, With Growth Markets Leading The Way

Employees that use Internet-connected computing devices for work — info workers — will trample the boundary between work and personal spheres. In this report, we summarize how it came to...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Case Study: PostNL Delivers On BYOD

Network Investments And VDI Adoption Enable Deployment

Talk about bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and most I&O professionals immediately think about access control for an onslaught of unauthorized devices, from laptops to smartphones to tablets. However,...

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For Security & Risk Professionals

Report:Aim To Empower The Anytime, Anywhere Workforce

Business Impact: The Mobile Security And Operations Playbook

With two-thirds of the North American and European workforce reporting that they work outside of their corporate office at least occasionally every month, it's imperative that business leaders...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:The Process-Driven Business Of 2020

Why And How To Shift From Incremental Improvement To Transformation

Business executives expect the CIO to help continuously improve processes by implementing major software suites, developing new apps, or enhancing existing processes. Spurred by the great recession,...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:The State Of Workforce Technology Adoption: Global Benchmark 2012

Strategic Planning Forrsights For CIOs

CIOs are responsible for the technology tools and services that make employees productive and successful at work. Too often, the CIO organization must make decisions about devices, software licenses,...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Framing The Business And IT Impact Of Mobile And Remote Work

Business Leaders Must Focus On People, Technologies, And Facilities Management

With two-thirds of the North American and European workforce reporting that they work outside a corporate office at least occasionally during a month, it's imperative that business leaders initiate...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:How To Connect Your Mobile Workforce To Cloud-Based Email

Interest in cloud-based email is mounting as pressures for IT infrastructure and operations professionals (I&O) to manage and secure smartphones and tablets for an increasingly mobile workforce are...

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Report:Does Your IT Department Support The Needs Of The Mobile Workforce?

An IT Support Report Card On Employee Mobile, Social, And Collaboration Tools

In 2016, Forrester projects that 63 million US information workers will telecommute at least part-time. Our recent survey of 4,985 US information workers indicates we're well on our way to hitting...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Update 2011: Are Home Agents Right For Your Contact Center?

The Challenges And Benefits Of Supporting Work-At-Home Agents

Forrester identified issues facing contact center infrastructure and operations (I&O) managers in November 2008, when we first published this report. In 2011 with the economy strengthening, they now...

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Report:Case Study: State Street Gives Workers Scheduling Flexibility And Reaps Business Benefits

Giving Employees Choice As To When And Where They Work Helps Recruiting, Retention, Team Work, And Sustainability Efforts

In 2009, State Street, a Boston-based financial services firm, created its Flex Work Program to recruit and retain top talent. Why? State Street's leaders felt that finding and holding on to these...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:How Fixed-Mobile Convergence Helps MNCs Reduce Telecom Costs

Build FMC Into Your Unified Communications Sourcing Strategy

The key benefits of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) are simple to understand: a) avoid duplicating costs for voice infrastructure by taking away desk phones for employees who aren't using them anyway,...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:Demystifying The Mobile Workforce

Leverage Forrester's Mobile Worker Taxonomy To Facilitate Remote Working Styles

Whether at home, on the road, or from an office, work is becoming something people do, not somewhere people go. In fact, 66% of information workers in North America and Europe already work remotely....

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For CIO Professionals

Report:How Consumerization Drives Innovation

Your Technology And Culture Create An Environment Of Empowered Employees

Consumerization — employees using devices, applications, and web services without permission — is a threat to the status quo and a risk to the security of the firm. But it's also a key...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Define Your Global Mobility Support Strategy With Wireless And Outsourcing In Mind

The community of information workers at large multinational firms (MNCs) who regularly work away from company facilities is growing quickly. As a result, sourcing and vendor management (SVM)...

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