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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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Report:The State Of Collaboration Software Adoption

Firms Continue To Turn To Collaboration Software After Recession

Collaboration software adoption grew during the recessionary years of 2008 and 2009, and we anticipate this continuing. Why? Changes in how businesses work internally and with their customers and...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Strategies Of Online Collaboration Software Vendors, Q3 2012

In Forrester's 38-criteria evaluation of the cloud strategies of online collaboration software vendors, we identified eight significant collaboration services providers — Box, Cisco Systems,...

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Report:Navigating The Online Collaboration Suite Landscape

Moving collaboration workloads to the public cloud is an attractive proposition for content and collaboration professionals and information workers alike. Why? They're inexpensive to stand up and...

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Report:The Real Value Of Virtual Worlds

A Guide For Hooking Business Customers And Partners With This New Technology

From the point of view of most business leaders, the utility of virtual worlds in business is not apparent. Heretofore, virtual world vendors have not done a particularly good job articulating the...

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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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Report:The Road To Social Business Transformation Starts With A Burning Platform

Road Map: The Social Business And Collaboration Playbook

Social business technology can transform the way employees work by eliminating barriers to collaboration, improving customer engagement, and accelerating the flow of information and ideas. But even...

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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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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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Report:Will Unified Communications Make Virtual Worlds Relevant To Business?

Yes, But It Won't Be Overnight

Virtual worlds have consistently struggled to demonstrate their relevance to business leaders. Problems with the stability of the technology, lack of compelling case studies, and failure to integrate...

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Report:What Technology Populism Means For Tech Marketers

Information Workers Flex Muscles As Business Tech Decision-Makers

Technology Populism — information workers provisioning technology outside of IT's auspices — is a topic of great interest to both technology vendors and IT departments. But is it more...

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Report:Unified Communications And Collaboration Is Poised For Growth As Demand Rises

Market Landscape: The Communications And Collaboration Infrastructure Playbook

I&O professionals choosing unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) solutions today face a daunting array of solution types, capabilities, and business models. This report outlines a...

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Report:Inquiry Insights: Telecom Managed Services, Q2 2008

The telecom managed services market is full of activity, with 88% of North American and European firms reporting that they have purchased some type of managed telecom service. Despite the heat in the...

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Report:Answer Five Questions When Selecting A Cloud Collaboration And Productivity Suite

A Buyer's Guide For Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps For Business, And IBM SmartCloud For Social Business

Over the past two years, Forrester clients have shown great interest in the cloud collaboration and productivity suites Microsoft, Google, and IBM offer: We've fielded more than 150 inquiries on this...

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