Application Infrastructure Strategies Affirm A Need For Greater Flexibility

Forrester's Q3 2010 Global Financial Services Architecture Online Survey shows that many financial services firms need to refocus their application infrastructure strategies to fully align with high-priority business drivers, principally the need for greater speed in responding to market opportunities and competition. During the summer of 2010, Forrester surveyed 80 IT decision-makers in financial services (FS) firms in Europe, North America, and select countries in other regions, including Australia, Japan, and South Africa, to get their take regarding their current situation and future plans for applications, application infrastructure, and IT infrastructure as well as their most urgent business pains.