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MEDIA ADVISORY: Forrester Marketing Forum 2007, April 11-12 In Miami
WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Marketing Forum 2007: Reinventing Marketing For Customer-Centricity Media fragmentation, new communication channels, fast-changing customer behavior, and the pressure to prove the effectiveness of marketing spending require that companies rethink marketing’s role, redefine the marketing organization, and radically change age-old processes. In order to succeed, companies must transform their mission [...]
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Forrester Research Ranks The World’s Most Innovative Countries
Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the US are among the countries that rank highest in terms of global innovation capability according to a first-of-its-kind evaluation of 26 nations by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). The resulting ranking demonstrates how governments can implement successful innovation strategies designed for a globally networked knowledge economy. According to Forrester, [...]
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Forrester Research Reports Preliminary Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year 2006 Financial Results
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced its preliminary and unaudited fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 financial results. Preliminary Fourth-Quarter Financial Performance Total revenues increased 20.2 percent to $48.9 million, compared with $40.7 million for the fourth quarter of last year. On a GAAP-reported basis, which reflects an effective tax rate of 37 percent, Forrester reported [...]
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Forrester Research Predicts An Emerging IT Ecosystem
According to a recent report from Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR), IT leaders such as IBM, HP, SAP, Microsoft, and Oracle will need to change the way they operate over the next five years to accommodate a major shift in the delivery of IT services. Instead of buyers integrating technology themselves, it will be assembled and [...]
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Forrester Marketing Forum 2007, April 11-12 In Miami
WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Marketing Forum 2007: Reinventing Marketing For Customer-Centricity Media fragmentation, new communication channels, fast-changing customer behavior, and the pressure to prove the effectiveness of marketing spending require that companies rethink marketing’s role, redefine the marketing organization, and radically change age-old processes. In order to succeed, companies must transform their mission [...]
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Forrester Research To Broadcast Fourth-Quarter Conference Call Via Internet
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) willbroadcast its 2006 fourth-quarter and year-end results conference call on the Web at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, February 14, 2007. 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 broadcast. Instructions [...]
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Forrester Research: US Consumers Are Ready For Mobile Marketing
Although 79 percent of consumers find the idea of mobile ads annoying, early efforts at mobile marketing have revealed that consumers will happily engage in campaigns as long as marketers deliver valuable information or content. According to a new report released by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), a growing number of consumers are shifting from [...]
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Forrester Names Senior Finance Advisor To The CEO And Begins Formal Search For CFO
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that it has engaged finance expert Paul Burmeister as senior finance advisor to Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer George F. Colony. Effective immediately, Burmeister, a partner with Tatum, LLC, will advise Colony in his role as acting chief financial officer and will participate in the [...]
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Forrester Research CFO Resigns
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Warren Hadley has resigned effective immediately. His resignation was the result of initial findings of an internal investigation that uncovered irregularities with respect to an option grant for 5,000 shares made to Hadley in 1999. The initial findings resulted from a [...]
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Forrester: Global IT Buying Growth Slows To Five Percent In 2007
After two consecutive years of 8 percent growth, global purchases of IT goods and services will slow to 5 percent growth in 2007, reaching $1.55 trillion in sales according to a new report detailing worldwide technology spending and purchases by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). US purchases of IT goods and services will also grow [...]
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Telcos Have A Long Way To Go To Reach The Mass Market With IPTV
While 11 Western European incumbent telcos have launched IPTV services, Forrester Research¿s (Nasdaq: FORR) 17-country* IPTV revenue model reveals low consumer interest and only moderate revenue potential. After a slow ramp-up, Forrester predicts one in four European xDSL/fiber broadband subscribers will have IPTV within 10 years. However, this average masks a big gap between the [...]
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Profiling Europe¿s Bloggers
Around 3%, or four million, European Internet users actively write blogs (Weblogs or journals), according to Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR). Bloggers in Europe are young, early adopters of new technologies, heavy Internet users, and they trust each other and are more open-minded than the average online consumer. In its study ¿Profiling European Bloggers¿, Forrester sets [...]
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The State Of Enterprise Infrastructure In Europe 2006, According To Forrester Research
While the overall outlook for IT spending in 2006 was austere, enterprises are making significant new investments in hardware, according to Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR). In its report ¿The State Of Enterprise Infrastructure In Europe 2006,¿ Forrester sets out how servers and PCs continue to dominate IT spending, accounting for more than half the IT [...]
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European Enterprises Put Mobility At The Core Of Their Strategic Agendas
European firms now spend 32% of their telecom and networking budgets on mobility, according to Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR). In its report ¿The State Of European Enterprise Mobility In 2006¿, Forrester sets out how the opportunity for greater productivity, cost savings, and boosted employee morale has put mobility at the core of strategic agendas. Today, [...]
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Forrester Research: 2006 Online Holiday Retail Sales To Hit $27 Billion
US online retail sales this holiday season will reach $27 billion, a 23 percent increase over last year, according to Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). Almost one-fifth of the nearly 4,000 consumers surveyed say that the Internet will be the place where they shop the most during the holidays. In general, consumers stated that they [...]
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Forrester Consumer Forum Showcases ROI Of Humanizing The Digital Experience
Compelling digital experiences need to be grounded in a simple question: Is the human benefit more visible than the cutting-edge technology? Humanizing the digital experience will provide strategic differentiation and proven financial returns, according to industry leaders and analysts at the Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Consumer Forum. More than 800 executives, including CMOs and [...]
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Forrester Research Reports Third-Quarter 2006 Financial Results
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced its third quarter ended September 30, 2006 financial results. Third-Quarter Financial Performance Total revenues were $44.1 million, compared with $39.0 million for the third quarter of last year. Revenue related to the Ultimate Consumer Panel business, which was sold during the third quarter, is included as a component [...]
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HP Leads $4 Billion EMEA Server Market
At 35%, HP leads the EMEA server market ¿ in total worth $4 billion for Q2 2006 ¿ according to the first in a new series of quarterly updates published by Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR). The server market in EMEA remained flat in terms of revenues in Q2 2006 compared with the same period in [...]
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European Enterprise IT Spending Looking Up, Although Still Lagging Behind The US
Total European IT spending on computer and communications equipment, software, IT services and outsourcing, and IT staff is still lower than in the US, according to a forecast out today by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). Despite a greater collective GDP for Western and Central European countries than for the US, Forrester estimates IT spending [...]
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Forrester Research To Broadcast Third-Quarter Conference Call Via The Internet
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) will broadcast its third-quarter results conference call on the Web at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, October 25, 2006. 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. Instructions are [...]