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Tim Sheedy

Senior Advisor serving CIOs

Based in Sydney, Australia, Tim serves CIOs. He helps clients better manage their IT departments and ensure IT is delivering the solutions required by the business. His research focuses on the key IT challenges for CIOs and IT departments in Asia Pacific, as well as providing insights into the technologies that will deliver significant business value over the next few years. He also assists clients with the design of IT organizations, IT governance and processes, and IT/business alignment.

Tim also works with members of The CIO Group in the Forrester Leadership Boards in Asia Pacific. In this role, he writes CIO-targeted research, answers or facilitates answers for individual members' business and technology inquiries, and facilitates CIO Group member exchanges and peer-to-peer discussions.

Previous Work Experience

Tim comes to Forrester with more than 10 years of IT analyst experience with ICT vendors and IT research providers. Most recently, he was the research director of IT solutions at IDC in Australia, where he assisted IT vendors in designing solutions to better fit market requirements and assisted user clients with their strategies to improve the effectiveness of their IT functions. In this role, he developed a reputation as a respected and sought-after industry analyst and an entertaining and informative public speaker on many of the key trends in the IT market.

Prior to this role, Tim worked with Hutchison 3G as an analyst, helping to launch and optimize its direct sales channels and developing strategies to increase the use of non-voice products on the high-speed 3G network. He also spent a number of years working as an independent ICT analyst. In addition, he worked for IDC in the UK, managing its European Wireless & Mobile Communications research program.

Tim is a highly regarded industry speaker, presenting regularly to CIOs and senior IT and business audiences at IT conferences in Asia Pacific and across the globe.


Education

Tim holds a bachelor's degree in marketing and research from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Research Coverage:

Application Development, Customer Experience Management, Digital Business Architecture, Governance, IT Organization, Mobile Services, SOA & Web Services, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Sourcing & Procurement, Strategy, Planning & Governance of IT, Telecommunication Services, Vendor Management

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  • Tim Sheedy
  • IT Infrastructure & Operations

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:The Asia Pacific IT Market Comes Of Age

    It's Time To Review Your Asia Pacific Strategy

    Tim Sheedy, Dane AndersonMay 12, 2011

    The Asian IT market is set for considerable growth over the next few years as the fast-growth economies move on from the financial crisis and return to high gross domestic product (GDP) growth mode....

    • Downloads: 696

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Cloud Services In ANZ Begin To Mature

    CIOs Should Step Cautiously — Not All Segments Are Market-Ready

    Tim SheedyMarch 17, 2011

    CIOs in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are beginning to examine the impact cloud can have on their businesses. This is the first step in broad market adoption of cloud computing. Before they make...

    • Downloads: 435

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Benchmarking Asia Pacific CIOs' Attitudes Toward Cloud Computing

    Tim SheedyMarch 15, 2011

    In mid-2010, Forrester surveyed 598 CIOs and other senior IT managers across Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and New Zealand on their current cloud implementations and their plans for and...

    • Downloads: 623

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Benchmarking ANZ IT Budgets And Priorities

    CIOs Drive IT Efficiency To Free Up Resources For Business Priorities

    Tim SheedyNovember 19, 2010

    CIOs across Australia and New Zealand are emerging from the global financial crisis with a renewed vigor to ensure they effectively meet the needs of the rest of the business. However, their keen...

    • Downloads: 335

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:ANZ CIOs Should Experiment With The Cloud In 2010

    Tim SheedyAugust 2, 2010

    Cloud computing is coming to your organization — if it is not there already. However, most IT organizations in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) do not have a full understanding of the impact...

    • Downloads: 418

  • For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

    Report:Green IT Starts To Affect ANZ Sourcing

    But Much Can Be Learned From Best Practices In North America And Europe

    Tim SheedyJanuary 21, 2010

    While there is a clear trend toward Green IT sourcing and practice within the Australian and New Zealand economies, these firms lag their North American and European peers in their levels of interest...

    • Downloads: 225

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Benchmarking ANZ IT Budgets

    Despite A Resilient Economy, IT Spending Plans Remain Conservative

    Tim SheedyNovember 13, 2009

    Since the credit crunch began to bite, Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) IT leaders have faced more positive market conditions than their peers in many other countries around the world —...

    • Downloads: 256

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:IT In The Public Sector In Australia

    Benchmarking Your Practice Against Your Global Peers

    Tim SheedyOctober 28, 2009

    With the tightening of IT budgets in the Australian federal government due to the review of IT operations by Sir Peter Gershon, the considerable consolidation of public sector agencies at the state...

    • Downloads: 434

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Australian And New Zealand CIO Priorities In 2009

    Managing The Balance Between Cost Cutting And Business Priorities

    Tim SheedyJune 2, 2009

    With IT departments really feeling the pinch in 2009, there is considerable pressure on CIOs to make a concerted effort to cut costs while at the same time delivering the essential capabilities that...

    • Downloads: 417

  • For CIO Professionals

    Report:Benchmarking IT Budgets In Asia Pacific

    Understanding The Complexities Of The Region

    Tim SheedyOctober 24, 2008

    IT budgets vary considerably across Asia Pacific countries — driven by diverse levels of IT maturity, large differences in the cost of human resources, and the availability of lower-cost...

    • Downloads: 620

  • For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

    Report:Asia Pacific Customers Should Consider Oracle Red Hat Enterprise Linux Support

    The Battle For The Server Operating Environment Heats Up

    Tim SheedyJanuary 24, 2007

    Oracle has announced for Red Hat Enterprise Linux a new support service that will be considerably more affordable than the Red Hat equivalent and feature improved handling of critical updates. Red...

    • Downloads: 55
 
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