For Vendor Strategy Professionals

3Com Gives HP Core Networking — And Amps Up Cisco Competition

The Converged Infrastructure Market Heats Up

by Ellen Daley, November 12, 2009

HP announced an agreement yesterday to acquire 3Com for about $2.7 billion. This deal is mostly about market — not product — acquisition. HP gets China (a strong growth market), a good enterprise switch, a solid security product, and a router portfolio. . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Trends In Enterprise 802.11n Adoption, 2009  (427 KB PPT)

by Chris Silva, October 15, 2009

A data chart that looks at 802.11 adoption trends.

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Market Momentum: Enterprise Mobility Year In Review

Analysis Of Mobility Press Announcements Identify Key Vendor Opportunities

by Michele Pelino, October 7, 2009

An analysis of publicly available enterprise mobility announcements between mid-2008 through mid-2009 highlight opportunities for vendors in the mobility ecosystem, including device manufacturers, network operators, application developers, systems integrators, . . .

For B2B Market Research Professionals

2009 Enterprise Mobility Spending And Adoption Trends   (472 KB PPT)

by Michele Pelino, August 7, 2009

Using data from BDS Enterprise And SMB Networks And Telecommunications Survey, North America And Europe, Q1 2009, Forrester examines enterprise mobility spending and adoption trends.

For B2B Market Research Professionals

The State Of Enterprise Networks And Telecommunications: 2009

Business Data Services North America And Europe

by Ellen Daley, August 7, 2009

This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises via our Enterprise And SMB Networks And Telecommunications Survey, North America And Europe, Q1 2009. Even given the current economic crisis, . . .

For B2B Market Research Professionals

The State Of SMB Networks And Telecommunications: 2009

Business Data Services North America And Europe

by Ellen Daley, August 7, 2009

This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European firms via our Enterprise And SMB Networks And Telecommunications Survey, North America And Europe, Q2 2009. Even given the current global economic crisis, . . .

For Technology Product Management & Marketing Professionals

Demand Insights: Enterprise Mobility 2009

Prepare For The Rise Of The Mobile Wannabes And The Services To Support Them

by Michele Pelino, July 28, 2009

Forrester's latest Enterprise And SMB Networks And Telecommunications Survey, North America And Europe, Q1 2009, shows continued enterprise mobility momentum — even during these challenging economic times. Buyers are investing in mobile applications for . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Vendor Landscape: Enterprise 802.11n Infrastructure

by Chris Silva, July 24, 2009

The most recent iteration of the Wi-Fi standard, 802.11n, has held out great hope, with greater speeds and greatly improved signal range, but as a newly ratified technology it has yet to be widely adopted due to perceived interoperability issues, higher . . .

For Consumer Market Research Professionals

Technographics® Survey Highlights: North American Technographics Emerging Uses Of Technology Online Survey, Q1 2009 (US)  (647 KB PPT)

by Joost van Kruijsdijk, June 23, 2009

This highlight deck summarizes the key findings from Forrester’s North American Technographics Emerging Uses of Technology Online Survey, Q1 2009 (US).

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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

by Doug Washburn, June 12, 2009

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 financially motivated, exposing opportunities for cost . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Identifying Components Of The Network Skills Gap

Identify Roles And Skills That Are Significantly Important For Successful Network Management

by Chris Silva, Usman Sindhu, June 12, 2009

Organizations are upgrading their infrastructure with technologies that improve network efficiency, performance, security, and management. As a result, IT ops pros' roles must also evolve in network, system, service, and operation management skills. These . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

TechRadar™ For IT Infrastructure And Operations Professionals: Branch Office Technologies, Q2 2009

Core Technologies Ripe For Consolidation And Centralization

by Chris Silva, May 26, 2009

As businesses look to IT for the efficiencies, savings, and streamlining that will improve the bottom line, consolidation of branch office infrastructure represents a distributed but easy-to-optimize area of IT infrastructure. All the technologies included . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Inquiry Spotlight: Network Monitoring And Management, Q1 2009

by Glenn O'Donnell, April 28, 2009

Despite being one of the most mature domains of IT management, the landscape for network monitoring and management remains an area of constant discussion. Forrester answered the inquiries of numerous end users between February 2008 and December 2008 on . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Building Your Business' Mobile Strategy  (1.5 MB PPT)

by Benjamin Gray, April 13, 2009

The time is now for IT to get smarter about managing mobility, and firms must recognize the importance of device management and security.

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Inquiry Insights: Enterprise Mobility, Q1 2009

by Michele Pelino, April 8, 2009

Each year, Forrester receives more than 20,000 inquiries on a variety of topics that provide insight into the key issues and challenges facing our clients. During the past two years, the number of enterprise mobility inquiries increased nearly 55%, jumping . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Wireless Architect - Job Profile And Description  (36 KB XLS)

by Chris Silva, March 31, 2009

Position overview: Wireless architect professional has the expertise to design and manage wireless networks by making mission-critical and business-critical wireless network decision.

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Mobile Operations - Job Profile And Description  (38 KB XLS)

by Chris Silva, March 31, 2009

Position overview: Mobile operations professionals are tasked with managing mobile networks internal and external to the organization, managing device choice, and ensuring devices and applications reliant on these networks are properly secured and managed.

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Future View: Mobile Unified Communications Demand And Evolution, 2009 To 2014

Revenue Growth Will Follow As Vendors Facilitate Easier Integration

by Michele Pelino, March 19, 2009

Today, few enterprises integrate unified communications (UC) functions with mobile applications because most companies do not yet understand the value proposition of mobile UC integration. We believe that UC integration into mobile line-of-business (LOB) . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Understanding The Network Skills Gap

Emerging Network Technologies Exacerbate Skills Shortcomings

by Chris Silva, March 5, 2009

Organizations are looking to IT to bring cost savings and efficiency to the business in the unsure future of 2009. In most organizations, this has led to IT being tasked with increasing network design complexity through the uptake of higher-level networking . . .

For Consumer Product Strategy Professionals

802.11n: Laying The Groundwork For The Digital Home

The State Of US Home Networking

by Nathan Safran, March 4, 2009

The 802.11n Wi-Fi specification is still in draft mode, but network equipment vendors are going full speed ahead in marketing 802.11n equipment. For the vast majority of consumers, 802.11n's bandwidth of 300 Mbps is overkill, but its improved wireless . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Inquiry Spotlight: Enterprise Mobility, Q4 2008

by Benjamin Gray, Chris Silva, October 7, 2008

From January to June 2008, Forrester's IT infrastructure and operations team fielded 1,332 inquiries, which included a myriad of wide-ranging enterprise mobility technology adoption and strategy questions. As firms evolve their investments in enterprise . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Ethernet Services Take Europe By Storm

VPLS Grabs The Attention Of Both Service Providers And Users

by Phil Sayer, September 3, 2008

Carrier Ethernet services have reached mass adoption in Europe and are challenging multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) virtual private networks (VPNs) as the first choice for enterprise WANs — 42% of European enterprises have fully deployed site-to-site . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

WiMAX In The US: How It Could Affect The Enterprise Wireless Infrastructure

by Chris Silva, Lisa Pierce, August 1, 2008

As standards have matured, WiMAX has garnered increased enterprise interest and vendor hype. If key providers in the US, notably Clearwire and Sprint, deploy the service as planned over the next 12 to 18 months, enterprises can look at WiMAX as a WAN . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

The State Of Mobile Infrastructure: 2008

What Critical Elements Are IT Organizations Evaluating This Year?

by Chris Silva, August 1, 2008

Mobility is a priority for the majority of enterprises today. Whether formalizing and executing a mobile strategy, providing more mobility support to employees, or implementing a solution to ensure seamless coverage across multiple networks, enterprises . . .

For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

Forrester TechRadar™: Enterprise Mobility Infrastructure, Q3 2008

Infrastructure And Services Converge To Make The Workplace Place-Agnostic

by Chris Silva, July 14, 2008

Enterprises see mobility as a top priority and seek to provide more mobility support to employees, implement solutions that provide seamless movement between networks, and formalize mobile policies. However, simply making mobility a key success goal is . . .