Forrester

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:Product Spotlight: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012

An Evolutionary But Not Revolutionary Release

In the first half of 2012, PC shipments have dropped year-over-year as many consumers and employees find the object of their desire to be a tablet or a Mac. In addition, with virtual desktops on the...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Assess Your Workforce Computing Maturity

Assessment Framework: The Workforce Enablement Playbook

Workforce computing (WC) spend consumes approximately one-quarter of IT hardware budgets in 2012. Yet IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders struggle to answer "How are we doing?" and "What...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:Navigating The Microsoft Services Landscape

Trends And Tradeoffs Of Leading Microsoft Services Players

Microsoft technologies span a wide range of products and services, including enterprise applications such as Dynamics AX and Dynamics CRM; desktop and collaboration applications such as Office,...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Strategy Deep Dive: Imbibing Macs In The Enterprise

Apple Mac Shops Share Their Secrets For Success

Chances are that you have employees using Apple Macs at your firm today, and they're doing this without the support and guidance of the infrastructure and operations (I&O) organization. IT...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:TechRadar™ For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals: Client Virtualization, Q3 2012

Burdened With Consumerization Pressures, I&O Turns To Client Virtualization To Deliver Flexible Workforce Computing

Over the past decade, seemingly every new year promised to be the year for client virtualization. But the market never exploded the way vendors and media predicted. Instead, I&O professionals viewed...

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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 Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Client Management Suites, Q2 2012

Symantec And CA Technologies Lead, With LANDesk Software, IBM, And Microsoft Close Behind

In Forrester's 62-criteria evaluation of client management suite vendors, we identified the 10 significant solution providers in this category — BMC Software, CA, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM,...

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Report:TechRadar™ For Enterprise Architecture Professionals: Technologies For Empowered Employees, Q4 2011

Tech-Empowered Staff Members Innovate While Enterprise Technology Manages The Risk

Your employees — like your customers — have more power than ever before. Mobile, social, video, and cloud technologies give individuals tremendous access to information and resources....

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For Sales Enablement Professionals

Report:The State Of Emerging SMB Hardware: 2009 To 2010

Business Data Services North America And Europe

This report provides sample highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises and small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) via our Enterprise And SMB...

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For CIO Professionals

Report:The State Of Emerging Enterprise Hardware: 2009 To 2010

Business Data Services North America And Europe

This report provides sample highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises via our Enterprise And SMB Hardware Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2009....

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Client Management Software Adoption Trends, 2009

This presentation analyzes client management software adoption trends across the North American and European enterprise and SMB market.

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:PC Power Management Suites Help Overcome Barriers To Maximize Financial Savings

Adoption And Key Features Of PC Power Management Suite Technology

Interest in PC power management suites is on the rise as IT professionals look to overcome many of the common barriers while at the same time maximizing the financial and environmental savings. This...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Aligning The People And Process Of PC Power Management

Position The Right People And Process to Create Ownership And Minimize Risk

Although the financial and environmental savings from PC power management are compelling, IT professionals must overcome concerns about disrupted user productivity or the lack of project ownership....

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:The State Of PC Power Management: 2009

Helping IT Pros Succeed At PC Power Management By Getting Up To Speed On Adoption, Methods, And Common Barriers

As organizations look to reduce the financial costs and environmental impacts of operating IT, PC power management is proving to be an effective tactic. Although 43% are implementing PC power...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Case Study: Aspirus Lowers IT Costs By Consolidating Client Security And Management

Single-Sourcing Client Security And Management Eases Desktop Management

Companies are constantly challenged by the ever-increasing number of tools needed to ensure the security of their PCs. Aspirus, a Wisconsin-based healthcare provider, found that too many...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Bring Your Own PC Reinvents The Corporate PC: A Citrix Systems Case Study

Bring your own PC (BYOPC) programs are becoming increasingly popular for today's businesses. Why? Because they allow individuals to work from the device of their choice, which not only increases...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report: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

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...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Q&A: PC Encryption

The slew of privacy regulations and publicly disclosed data breaches moves PC encryption to a must-have enterprise IT solution. Why? Because organizations are looking for ways to avoid being the next...

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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Report:IT Infrastructure Market And Services Data

IT Infrastructure Market And Services Data.

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:PC Power Management Adoption, Barriers, And Methods, Q2 2009

Data from the recent Q1 2009 PC Power Management Online Survey on the adoption, barriers to adoption, and methods used for PC power management.

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Service Manager ¿ Job Profile And Description

Position overview: The service manager provides IT's face to the business, ensuring that customers receive value from IT.

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For CIO Professionals

Report:The State Of Emerging SMB Hardware Trends: 2008 To 2009

Business Data Services North America And Europe

This report provides sample highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises via our Enterprise And SMB Hardware Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2008....

• Downloads: 835

For CIO Professionals

Report:The State Of Emerging Enterprise Hardware Trends: 2008 To 2009

Business Data Services North America And Europe

This report provides sample highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises via our Enterprise And SMB Hardware Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2008....

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:How Much Money Are Your Idle PCs Wasting?

PC Power Management Best Practices And Software Can Save Millions

Enterprise PCs are wasting money. Far too many organizations leave economic and environmental value on the table by not reducing PC-related energy costs. Unfortunately, common misconceptions —...

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