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Lightspeed Research, a global interactive solutions provider to the marketing research industry, and Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), an independent technology and marketing research firm, announced today that Lightspeed has acquired Forrester’s Ultimate Consumer Panel business. The combination of the consumer behavior expertise coupled with Lightspeed Research’s leadership in global online panels will offer clients [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Consumer Forum 2006: Humanizing The Digital Experience Cheap devices and the mainstream adoption of broadband and wireless networks make technology a more accessible, everyday part of people’s lives. At the same time, people are exerting more control over digital experiences by generating their own content and connecting with others [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that Charles Rutstein has been named the company’s chief operating officer, reporting to chairman and CEO George F. Colony. During his seven years at the firm, Rutstein has held several management positions and currently serves as president of Forrester Americas, the firm’s largest operating group. “Establishing the COO [...]

According to Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), CIOs no longer run tidy, self-contained operations: They manage ecosystems that are created by the competing influence of business stakeholders, end users, customers, and technology suppliers. More than 400 business and technology senior professionals at Forrester’s Technology Leadership Forum, which concluded yesterday at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz., [...]

More than 250 IT and business executives walked away from the Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) first annual Security Forum with the tools and processes necessary to make security more relevant within their organizations. The two-day sold-out Event concluded last Friday at the InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta, also the location for Forrester’s Security & Risk [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Consumer Forum 2006: Humanizing The Digital Experience Cheap devices and the mainstream adoption of broadband and wireless networks make technology a more accessible, everyday part of people’s lives. At the same time, people are exerting more control over digital experiences by generating their own content and connecting with others [...]

The Forrester/ITAA Tech Sector Index remained largely unchanged for Q2 2006, posting seven-tenths of a point gain to 122.4. Firm strength indices continued to recede due in part to vendor profits, which posted consecutive-quarter declines for the first time in the history of the quarterly index from Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) and the Information [...]

Mobility, the move to IP, and related security concerns dominate the 2006 telecoms plans of European enterprises, according to a recent survey of 301 telecoms decision-makers by Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR). The survey published today shows that more than 40% of companies will increase their spending on SSL and IPSec equipment this year, and about [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) Technology Leadership Forum, “Prospering In Your IT Ecosystem” Although a technology leader’s primary objective, “to make or save money through the use of IT,” might sound simple, increased expectations from tech-savvy business stakeholders, customers, and end users have made it complex. Growing influence from internal and external parties, including technology [...]

At its first annual Security Forum, Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) will help senior security professionals effectively mitigate today’s increasingly complex threats while selecting the right security strategies, governance, and technologies to prepare for the unknown. On September 7 and 8 at the InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Forrester’s Security Forum 2006 will offer attendees an [...]

Eighteen-to 26-year-old Gen Yers are integrating technology into their daily lives at a faster rate than any other generation, according to Forrester Research, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: FORR) North American Consumer Technology Adoption Study 2006 Benchmark Survey of 66,707 US and Canadian households. This study, now in its ninth year, is the largest and longest-running study of [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced its second-quarter ended June 30, 2006 financial results. Second-Quarter Financial Performance Total revenues were $48.5 million, compared with $39.2 million for the second quarter of last year. On a GAAP-reported basis, which reflects an effective tax rate of 46 percent, Forrester reported net income of $3.9 million or [...]

2006 shows some remarkable eCommerce stats: 100 million European online shoppers will spend an average of ¿1000 each, and drive online retail past the ¿100 billion mark. Online retail sales in Europe will more than double in the next five years, to ¿263 billion in 2011, according to Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR), as the number [...]

Gaining control over wireless environments is the highest telecom priority for North American firms, according to a new survey of 1,500 telecom decision-makers from Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). Enterprises and small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) ranked setting wireless policy and centralizing management of mobile devices as the top two telecom initiatives for 2006. Budgets [...]

A report released by Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) warns that low revenue opportunities and the high investments needed for broadband triple play could result in significant losses for Western Europe¿s incumbent telecoms operators. Faced with combined competitive pressure and massive vendor hype, several operators have already started to offer Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), along with [...]

A new study from Compete and Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) reveals that consumers who applied online for home loans were more likely to have used search and product selector tools than prospects who didn’t apply. Nearly one in five applicants used search, compared with only 7 percent of prospects. Compete and Forrester Research partnered on [...]

The Forrester/ITAA Tech Sector Index receded 2.9 points in Q1 2006 to 121.2, falling for the first time since Q1 2005. A substantial drop in US vendor profits and weakening US technology imports and exports led the decline in the quarterly index from Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) and the Information Technology Association of America [...]

After speeding past the $100-billion mark just three years ago, online sales will top $200 billion this year. According to The 2006 State of Retailing Online, the ninth annual Shop.org study conducted by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) of 174 retailers, 2006 online sales (including travel) are expected to rise 20 percent to $211.4 billion. [...]

Some of the biggest and best-known financial services firms in America scored the lowest in Forrester Research Inc.’s (Nasdaq: FORR) third annual customer advocacy rankings. Based on a survey of nearly 5,000 consumers, the rankings rate 32 leading US financial services firms according to the key driver of customer loyalty. The scorecard was released today [...]