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WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Finance Forum “What’s Next: The New Realities In Retail Financial Services” The retail financial services industry is at a crossroads, as several convergent forces are disrupting the current landscape. Fueling the change is a major shift in the needs of consumers. Baby boomers are preparing in earnest for retirement, [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced its first-quarter ended March 31, 2006 financial results. First-Quarter Financial Performance Total revenues were $41.2 million, compared with $33.8 million for the first quarter of last year. On a GAAP-reported basis, which reflects an effective tax rate of 50.1 percent, Forrester reported first-quarter net income of $1.5 million [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Finance Forum “What’s Next: The New Realities In Retail Financial Services” The retail financial services industry is at a crossroads as several convergent forces are disrupting the current landscape. Fueling the change is a major shift in the needs of consumers. Baby boomers are preparing in earnest for retirement, [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) announced today that its IT Forum 2006: GigaWorld, which concluded Thursday in Las Vegas, attracted the largest number of attendees in the Event’s 10-year history. More than 1,300 IT and business executives attended the four-day sold-out Event at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Attendees learned about new business technology [...]

Bose, Dell, Sony, Panasonic, and Hewlett-Packard are the technology brands that score the highest with US consumers, according to a new survey by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR). Forrester’s Technology Brand Scorecard evaluated 22 of the best-known consumer technology brands, based on the responses of more than 4,700 consumers. Forrester’s third semiannual survey ranked consumer [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that it has increased the expertise and depth of its management team to better support its research¿based products and services to $1 billion¿plus companies worldwide. During the past year, the company has brought on 10 new senior hires to join its management ranks. “We’re hiring to sustain our [...]

While physical music sales in Europe will decline by nearly 30 percent in value between 2005 and 2011, music downloads will grow exponentially to help fill the gap, according to Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR). The European physical music market is forecast to decline from €9.1 billion in 2006 to €7 billion in 2011, but music [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) added Linda Dillman, Wal-Mart Stores’ executive vice president and CIO, to the list of featured keynote speakers planned for its IT Forum 2006: GigaWorld. Presentations from the following speakers will address the flexible business models and innovative technologies necessary to succeed in today’s environment. Steven I. Cooper, Senior Vice [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that it has appointed Dennis van Lingen to the position of president, EMEA, effective May 15, 2006. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the company’s business in EMEA, which comprises Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Van Lingen, a longtime Forrester marketing executive, succeeds Robert [...]

Strong US vendor revenues and profits helped push the Forrester/ITAA US Tech Sector Index up 2.6 points in Q4 2005 to a four-and-a-half-year high. The second quarterly Index from Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) and the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) found that the majority of 11 indicators were up in the past quarter. [...]

WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) holds its 10th annual IT Forum 2006: GigaWorld. Information technology has become too important to remain the exclusive domain of IT departments. In successful global enterprises, business and IT partner for a holistic approach to business process change supported by technology. This year’s IT Forum will outline the strategies [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced its fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 financial results. Fourth-Quarter Financial Performance Total revenues increased 9 percent to $41.2 million, compared with $38.0 million for the fourth quarter of last year. On a GAAP-reported basis, which reflects an effective tax rate of 37 percent, Forrester reported net income of $3.6 [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that on January 26, 2006, its independent registered public accounting firm, BDO Seidman, LLP, informed the company that it had incorrectly accounted for performance-based stock options to purchase 940,500 shares of common stock granted on March 31, 2005. As a result of the error, Forrester did not record [...]

To understand the technology purchase decisions of the largest and one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the US, Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) reveals three essential factors that influence how the Hispanic-American market buys and uses technology. Based on its first survey of 3,000 US Hispanic households, Forrester found that Hispanics embrace technology but [...]

While 2004 saw the widespread emergence of commercial 3G services in Europe, Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) predicts that 3G will not become the dominant technology for mobile phones until 2010. GSM-only phones will fade out quickly within the next two years, and GPRS will dominate for the rest of the decade. Forrester believes, however, that [...]

A survey of more than 23,000 financial consumers across seven key European markets* released today by Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) reveals a disconnect between banking customers¿ satisfaction levels and the extent to which they trust their banks. As a result, while few European consumers plan to change banks, they do not necessarily plan to [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that it has appointed Charles Rutstein to the position of President, Forrester Americas, effective April 1, 2006. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the Americas region, which comprises approximately 75 percent of Forrester’s client base. Rutstein succeeds Neil Bradford, who, as anticipated, will leave the [...]

The same consumer technology industry that is selling digital devices at a record rate is failing miserably at selling the additional products, services, and content that bring those devices to life. The result, according to a new report from Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), is that consumer technology companies today are leaving $3.8 billion in [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced the appointment of Gretchen Teichgraeber to its board of directors. Teichgraeber, president and CEO of Scientific American, Inc., becomes the sixth Forrester board member. “Gretchen is a welcome and important addition to the Forrester board,” said George F. Colony, chairman of the board and CEO of Forrester Research. [...]