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WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc., (Nasdaq: FORR) Infrastructure & Operations Forum 2010: Back In Black: Planning And Executing Your Post-Recession Initiatives In its most recent technology spending forecast, Forrester proclaimed the technology downturn of 2008 and 2009 officially over. With the global economy on the road to recovery, businesses finally have the opportunity to get delayed [...]

After a dismal performance in 2009, the technology sector will see a recovery in 2010 as businesses and governments in the US and around the world begin spending again on information technology, according to a new report by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). After declining 8.2 percent in 2009, US IT spending will grow 6.6 [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc., (Nasdaq: FORR) Enterprise Architecture Forum 2010: Leveraging Architecture For Business Impact Business demand for technology capabilities continues to grow, propelled by recognition of the impact technology has on business strategies and outcomes: what Forrester calls business technology. Technology trends – from cloud computing to consumerization to the componentization of packaged apps [...]

Concerns about the security of cloud computing environments top the list of reasons for firms not being interested in the pay-per-use hosting model of virtual servers, according to the latest Enterprise And SMB Hardware Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2009, by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). Forty-nine percent of survey respondents from enterprises and [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced it has acquired the Strategic Oxygen business from Monitor. In a purchase that further supports Forrester’s syndicated business model and the company’s role-based strategy, Strategic Oxygen will specifically provide Forrester’s global Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals clients with data-rich insight to help them plan their marketing mix [...]

Responding to a still sluggish economy, IT executives in North America and Europe are taking a variety of measures to get more value for the money spent on IT services, according to the latest Enterprise IT Services Survey by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). According to the survey results, IT contractors and consultants will see [...]

With overall retail sales expected to show no gain this holiday shopping season, online retail sales in the US will reach $44.7 billion this holiday season, an eight percent increase over last year, according to a new forecast by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). The growth rate represents an increase from 2008, when, on the [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced its third-quarter ended September 30, 2009 financial results. Third-Quarter Financial Performance Total revenues were $53.9 million, compared with $59.5 million for the third quarter of last year. On a GAAP-reported basis, Forrester reported net income of $4.3 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared with net income of [...]

Although consumers increasingly weave in and out of channels, only one in three eBusiness executives say their company has the ability to deliver a consistent cross-channel customer experience, according to new data released at the Forrester Research Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Consumer Forum 2009 that concluded today in Chicago. More than 700 people attended the event, [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today honored 13 Forrester Groundswell Award winners for excellence in achieving business and organizational goals with social technology applications. The third annual Forrester Groundswell Awards were announced at Forrester’s Consumer Forum 2009 in Chicago and for the first time included winners in a Business-to-Business (B2B) Division, as well as a [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) will broadcast its third-quarter results conference call on the Web at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, October 29, 2009. The call will be available at www.forrester.com. Investors who want to hear the call should log in to www.forrester.com at least 15 minutes prior to the event’s broadcast. Participants may [...]

The inaugural Forrester Research Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Workforce Technographics® survey, designed to demonstrate the technology adoption habits of information workers (iWorkers), shows that while email and desktop computers are ubiquitous, few other applications or devices are and that more experienced employees – not Generation Y — are the leading users of social technology on the [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that Forrester Chairman and Chief Executive Officer George F. Colony and Chief Financial Officer Michael A. Doyle will speak at the William Blair & Co. Emerging Growth Stock Conference on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. George Colony and Michael Doyle will address the conference attendees at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel [...]

Americans of all ages continue to adopt a digital lifestyle according to the largest annual survey of consumers’ technology adoption and attitudes by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). “The State Of Consumers And Technology: Benchmark 2009, US” is a graphical analysis of Forrester’s North American Technographics® Benchmark Survey, 2009 (US, Canada) of nearly 48,000 respondents. [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Forrester’s Services And Sourcing Forum EMEA 2009: Sourcing Effectively: Making The Right Short-Term And Long-Term Tradeoffs The recession has taken its toll on Sourcing & Vendor Management professionals, forcing many to make tradeoffs they would not typically make in the name of short-term survival. But drastic cost-cutting decisions could [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc., (Nasdaq: FORR) Consumer Forum 2009: The Three-Dimensional Consumer: Creating Breakthrough Multichannel Relationships While Web sites have become easier to use, they’re still mostly one-dimensional. By serving up flat, single-channel experiences, sites fail to engage customers before and after they make a purchase or brand decision. The heart of the problem is [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Services & Sourcing Forum: Sourcing Effectively: Making The Right Short-Term And Long-Term Tradeoffs The recession has taken its toll on Sourcing & Vendor Management professionals, forcing many to make tradeoffs they would not typically make in the name of short-term survival. But drastic cost-cutting decisions could lead to implications [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Business Technology Forum 2009: Lean: The New Business Technology Imperative Businesses in today’s economy are forced to reevaluate traditional business and engineering structures and trim excess applications and solutions from their IT infrastructures. Business technology leaders are looking to increase value and reduce waste in the delivery of their [...]

Almost 20 percent of IT professionals are purchasing more managed services as a result of current economic conditions, according to the latest Enterprise And SMB Networks And Telecommunications Survey by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). The survey of more than 2,300 IT executives and technology decision-makers in North America and Europe, which is Forrester’s largest [...]