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  Report Best Practices: IT Asset Management

  Best Practices To Use For Starting Or Renewing Asset Management Programs

  February 12, 2014 | Amy DeMartine

  For the past decade, technology management has been deploying critical business applications to enable other business divisions and executive management to better control and manage business...

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  Report The State And Direction Of Software Asset Management: 2012 To 2013

  Despite A Growing Need For SAM, Capabilities Are Still Adrift From Business Need

  March 19, 2013 | Stephen Mann

  The costs and risks associated with software purchases and use are a corporate concern. As a result, enterprises consider software asset management (SAM) capabilities as a "must-have" rather than a...

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  Report RFP Template For Software Asset Management Solutions

  December 28, 2012 | Stephen Mann

  This template is intended to provide a starting point for thinking about sections to include in an RFP for software asset management (SAM) solutions. This template should be viewed as an...

• For CIO Professionals

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  Report Smart Computing Connects CIOs With The Business

  Sensors, Machine-To-Machine, Analytics, And Collaboration Help CIOs Solve Business Problems

  March 28, 2012 | Andrew Bartels

  It is no surprise that CIOs have shown keen interest in cloud computing, since its variations can help reduce IT's capital and operating costs and speed up delivery of projects. But many CIOs are...

• For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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  Report Develop Your Road Map For Service Management And Automation Processes

  February 7, 2012 | Eveline Oehrlich, Jean-Pierre Garbani

  This report outlines Forrester's solution to help IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders develop their road map of service management and automation processes (SMA) using Forrester's...

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  Report Updated Q4 2011: Cover Your Assets; Use IT Asset Life-Cycle Management To Control IT Costs

  October 5, 2011 | Stephen Mann, Eveline Oehrlich

  The infrastructure and operations (I&O) organization is no different from any other business function. It employs a multitude of assets to create corporate value. However, I&O's ability to manage...

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  Report IT Infrastructure And Operations: The Next Five Years

  The Cloud On IT's Horizon

  May 3, 2011 | Jean-Pierre Garbani, Marc Cecere

  Interest in cloud technology and cloud economics abounds. While the technology delivers immediate reductions in capital costs, Forrester believes that cloud computing's greatest benefits will come...

• For CIO Professionals

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  Report Do CIOs Care About IT Management Tools?

  May 17, 2010 | Tim DeGennaro, Sharyn Leaver

  CIOs are constantly working to run IT like a business — focusing on business orientation through capabilities like IT planning, portfolio management, and IT investment optimization. A myriad...

• For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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  Report The Low-Hanging Fruit That Service Operations Teams Should Consider Now

  November 13, 2009 | Eveline Oehrlich

  Some IT organizations are confident that they can weather the storm of our current economic situation. Others believe they can maintain their current staffing level, and some are saying that they...

• For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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  Report Q&A: IT Asset Disposition

  What Infrastructure And Operations Professionals Should Know When Disposing End-Of-Life IT Assets

  October 30, 2009 | Doug Washburn, Onica King

  While all organizations dispose of IT equipment in some way, IT asset disposition (ITAD) has long been an afterthought. But recent changes — from increasing data security and environmental...

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  Report UK Firms Continue To Look To Green IT For Cost Reduction And Business Benefits

  Findings From The UK Green IT 2009 Conference, May 2009

  October 2, 2009 | Onica King, Doug Washburn

  Findings from Forrester's second joint survey collaboration with Tech:Touchstone Events, organizer of the Green IT 2009 Conference in London, uncovered that after a year of economic turmoil,...

• For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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  Report Role Overview: IT Asset Life-Cycle Manager

  Reporting To Both IT And Business

  September 25, 2009 | Eveline Oehrlich

  The effective and efficient implementation of an IT asset life-cycle management (ITALM) program requires an approach that is disciplined enough to enable the entire organization to maximize the...

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  Report Key Takeaways For IT Asset Life-Cycle Management

  The Recent Forrester Wave™ Separates IT Asset Life-Cycle Management Vendors In A Cloud From The Rest

  August 19, 2009 | Peter O'Neill

  We published a Forrester Wave™ on IT asset life-cycle management (ITALM) in April 2009. It has generated a lot of interest in the topic among users and some interest among vendors. Users are...

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  Report Market Overview: Client Management Suites

  Evolving Computing Market Shifts Focus To Security And Virtualization

  July 29, 2009 | Natalie Lambert

  Desktop operations managers are watching their computing environment change. There are now more types of devices and more varieties of operating systems entering the enterprise than ever before....

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  Report TechRadar™ For I&O Professionals: Green IT 1.0 Technologies, Q2 2009

  Helping IT Ops Professionals Understand And Prioritize Green IT Hardware, Software, And Service Investments

  June 12, 2009 | Doug Washburn

  Green IT is on the rise. Even in the face of a weak economy, twice as many organizations expect to accelerate their green IT plans as expect to slow them down. Why is this? Green IT initiatives are...

• For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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  Report Inquiry Insight: IT Management Software

  Sustained Activity In Spite Of The Economic Downturn

  May 13, 2009 | Jean-Pierre Garbani

  Forrester analyzed the IT management software (ITMS) inquiries received from vendors and end users in 2007 and 2008. Inquiries are a good indicator of the tactical issues faced by Forrester's...

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  Report Market Overview: IT Financial Management Software

  The Time Is Right For More Cost Transparency In IT

  May 7, 2009 | Thomas Mendel, Ph.D., Peter O'Neill

  As IT continues to morph into business technology, it increasingly gets the same treatment and is subject to the same expectations as any other business operation. Some of the most pressing needs...

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  Report The Forrester Wave™: IT Asset Life-Cycle Management, Q2 2009

  CA And BMC Software Top The Leaders' Stack, With HP And IBM Close Behind

  April 10, 2009 | Eveline Oehrlich

  In Forrester's 81-criteria evaluation of IT asset life-cycle management (ITALM) vendors, we found that CA and BMC Software came out on top because of their strong end-to-end offerings and their...

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  Report Inquiry Spotlight: IT Asset Life-Cycle Management, Q2 2009

  April 10, 2009 | Eveline Oehrlich

  IT asset life-cycle management (ITALM) is a requirement for many goals the modern IT organization is pursuing. Without adequate ITALM tools and processes, key initiatives like moving to informed,...

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  Report Inquiry Spotlight: Green IT, Q1 2009

  February 10, 2009 | Doug Washburn, Onica King

  Green IT awareness and action are on the rise. In 2008, Forrester received 130 inquiries from IT end user professionals on green IT, the majority of which focused on benchmark data — such as...

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  Report Green IT Awareness And Adoption By Region, Q4 2008

  January 8, 2009 | Christopher Mines

  Global firms report on their awareness and adoption of green IT practices.

• For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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  Report Cover Your Assets: Use IT Asset Life-Cycle Management To Control IT Costs

  December 24, 2008 | Eveline Oehrlich

  The current economic situation has been very discouraging — to say the least. As the economy continues to show signs of downsizing, it's reasonable to say that the cost of conducting business...

• For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

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  Report IT Assets And EU E-Waste Legislation

  Shaping Sourcing Service Agreements Around WEEE


  May 20, 2008 | Euan Davis

  The closest the European Union (EU) has to a standard on e-waste is the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. As is the case for many such EU regulations, each country...

• For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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  Report Five Green IT Trends That Will Impact The IT Infrastructure And Operations Professional

  March 26, 2008 | Galen Schreck

  Infrastructure and operations professionals should take early steps in 2008 to prepare for an increased business focus on green IT. There's a growing environmental movement across technology...

• For CIO Professionals

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  Report Creating The Green IT Action Plan

  CIOs Should Plan Comprehensively And Act Incrementally

  October 19, 2007 | Christopher Mines

  Enterprise CIOs have a variety of motivations for improving the environmental footprint of their IT operations, but they are often unsure how to proceed. IT organizations should start by crafting...