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The Microsoft Windows security dilemma has plagued users for years. In 2001, the Nimda worm spread worldwide in 30 minutes. The Klez virus last year cost businesses $9 billion worldwide in lost productivity. “Can Microsoft Be Secure?” is a new report from Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) that examines Windows¿ security issues and makes recommendations [...]

Why is the federally mandated transition to digital television moving so slowly? Because except for the companies that make TVs, digital TV is a profitless exercise for the television industry. Most broadcasters, cable companies, and networks deliver digital TV to please regulators, not to make money. High-definition TV (HDTV) content will continue to lag until [...]

Retailers must develop new online selling skills to appeal to the millions of consumers signing up for broadband Internet access. According to new research from Forrester Research, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORR), broadband results in smarter, more demanding shoppers, who also spend more money. By the end of 2002, broadband adoption reached nearly 19 million US households, [...]

According to a new brief by Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR), one in five Europeans already banks online, and that number will double to 130 million in 2007. However, during the next five years, growth will slow to a 21 percent CAGR as penetration subsides in the Nordics, Germany, and the UK. “Net bankers represented 37 [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), a leading provider of research and analysis on emerging technologies, today announced revised financial guidance for the first quarter of 2003, which includes the post-acquisition financial effect of Giga Information Group, Inc. Forrester completed the acquisition of Giga on February 28, 2003, and Giga is now a wholly owned subsidiary [...]

Interactive digital TV (iDTV) will generate only 18 billion euros in interactive service and application revenues in Europe by 2007 — €250 per household, according to a new report by Forrester Research B.V. (Nasdaq: FORR). “Our analysis shows that the revenue prospects for iDTV remain bleak, ringing in a mere €18 billion by 2007 — [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), a leading provider of research and analysis on emerging technologies, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Giga Information Group, Inc., a leading global technology advisory firm. Giga will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Forrester Research. “Forrester’s acquisition of Giga is right for our clients, our investors, [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), a leading provider of research and analysis on emerging technologies, and Giga Information Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GIGX), a leading global technology advisory firm, today announced the completion of Forrester¿s cash tender offer for all shares of common stock of Giga at a price of $4.75 per share. The tender offer [...]

Throughout the evolution of corporate computing, IT architectures have been built using inefficient and expensive frameworks. Key technology trends have begun to create a new computing revolution that Forrester Research calls Organic IT. Today, at the annual Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) Technology Leadership Forum ¿Organic IT: The Next Computing Revolution,¿ industry leaders will demonstrate [...]

The technology gap between Europe and the US will grow by 4.5 percent this year, according to a new brief by Forrester Research B.V. (Nasdaq: FORR). Based on GDP growth projection, historical spending trends, and proprietary research into industry confidence, Forrester’s yearly ICT benchmark predicts a decline of 0.4 percent in real terms in Europe’s [...]

As the European home Internet has driven PC penetration to critical mass, hardware sales have stalled. But an increase in digital content consumption will spark demand for Wave 3 of the home PC in Europe — what Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) terms the “pleasure PC.” Forrester believes that renewed impetus for home PC replacement won’t [...]

To understand demand for offshore services, Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) interviewed 145 senior decision-makers at North American firms and discussed their IT services spending and offshore plans. According to the new report, “Unlocking The Savings In Offshore,” one-third of respondents use offshore providers. Eighty-eight percent of that group rated offshore provider’s value for the [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), today announced the appointment of Vijay K. Bhagavath, Ph.D. as analyst on the Infrastructure & Telecom team, Noha Tohamy and Steven J. Walsh as analysts on the Business Applications & Services Team, and Susan Irving and Joseph L. Moore as Strategy Advisors. ¿We¿re delighted to add significant talent to our [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), a leading provider of research and analysis on emerging technologies, today announced its fourth-quarter and year-end 2002 financial results in line with its previous financial guidance. Fourth-Quarter Financial Performance Total revenues were $23.5 million, compared with $34.7 million for the fourth quarter of last year. On a GAAP-reported basis, which [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) today launched the Forrester Oval Program, an exclusive offering for select C-level (“chief”) executives at $1 billion-plus companies worldwide. The first Forrester Oval Program, developed for CIOs, is called The CIO Group and includes charter members from EMC and LSI Logic. The Forrester Oval Program, including The CIO Group, provides [...]

Today’s infrastructure is expensive, not scalable, and fails to meet IT and business demands — with IT battling for control and business users fighting to make technology work for them. Akin to the client/server shift predicted by Forrester 15 years ago, key technology trends have already begun to create a new corporate technology revolution Forrester [...]

According to a new Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) report, US firms will spend a total of $35 billion over the next five years to improve business processes that monitor, manage, and optimize their extended supply chains — or supply networks. In the report “SCM Processes Replace Apps: 2003 To 2008,” Forrester expects firms to [...]

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), a leading provider of research and analysis on emerging technologies, and Giga Information Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GIGX), a leading global technology advisory firm, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Forrester will acquire Giga. Pursuant to the agreement, Forrester will begin a tender offer for [...]

A new Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) report “Use Business Intelligence To Manage Velocity,” takes a critical look at today’s immature business intelligence (BI) tool deployment in US firms and offers a strategic approach to help these firms turn BI into a strategic corporate asset. The report also provides a road map to help companies [...]