Akshara Naik Lopez is a senior analyst at Forrester in the Enterprise Apps, Platforms & Services group. Her primary research coverage is enterprise resource planning (ERP) and human capital management (HCM) products and suites for the global markets; ERP and HCM implementation strategies and roadmaps; legacy ERP and HCM modernization to cloud; and services partners, specifically focusing on SAP, Oracle, and Workday services practice from the likes of Accenture, Capgemini, Deloitte, EY, IBM, Infosys, KPMG, PwC, TCS, and more. Her HCM coverage spans the entire gamut of core human resources, benefits, payroll, workforce management, talent management, learning, performance, workforce analytics, and additional ancillary modules. Akshara authors the HCM product Wave and the SAP, Oracle, and Workday services partner Wave evaluations. Her coverage also includes SAP, Oracle, and Workday third-party software support and contract negotiations. Akshara helps technology executives and technology buyers understand the competitive HCM and ERP landscape and implementation strategies along with cloud hosting options and SaaS alternatives, analyze the depth of the underlying product platform, select software and services partners, and manage vendor relationships with favorable contracts.