Forrester IT Forum: Forrester’s IT Forum Concludes With Attendance Up Nearly Twenty Percent
May 23, 2008
Forrester Research, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORR) announced today that more than 1,400 IT and business professionals — spanning organizational roles such as CIO, Information & Knowledge Management professionals, Application Development & Program Management professionals, Technology Product Management & Marketing professionals, and Enterprise Architecture professionals — attended Forrester’s IT Forum at The Palazzo in Las Vegas, an 18 percent increase over last year’s event. In addition, 300 members of the Forrester Leadership Boards, an exclusive community of leading executives worldwide, attended eight separate, role-focused board meetings. It was the largest audience in the 12-year history of Forrester’s IT Forum and the biggest member meeting in the history of the Leaderships Boards. Read more
Forrester IT Forum: Guardium Selected as Red Herring 100 North America Winner
May 22, 2008
Guardium, the database security company, won a coveted spot in the Red Herring 100 North America, an award given for technology innovation to the top 100 private technology companies based in North America.
Red Herring’s editorial staff rigorously evaluated more than 1,500 private companies through a careful analysis of financial data and subjective criteria, including quality of management, execution of strategy, and dedication to research and development. Guardium highlights included a 6X growth of its customer base in 2 years, industry-leading partnerships, deep management expertise, and strategic financing from Cisco Systems that “provides strong validation of Guardium’s market leadership”. Read more
Forrester IT Forum: Software AG to Highlight Solutions for Transforming Telecommunications at the TM Forum’s Management World 2008
May 22, 2008
Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today announced that it will be showcasing a reference implementation of the company’s support for the TM Forum’s New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) model at the TM Forum’s Management World 2008. With over 3,000 attendees from nearly 75 countries, Management World 2008 is the industry’s leading event for evaluating the strategies, best practices and technologies needed by service providers to capitalize on the convergence of communications and media.
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Forrester IT Forum: CombinatoRx to Present at the FBR Capital Markets 12th Annual Spring Investor Conference
May 21, 2008
CombinatoRx, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CRXX) today announced that Robert Forrester, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer is scheduled to present at the upcoming FBR Capital Markets 12th Annual Spring Investor Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Mr. Forrester is scheduled to present on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 3:50 pm ET. Interested parties may access a live webcast of the presentation by visiting the CombinatoRx website at www.combinatorx.com. Read more
Forrester IT Forum: Seventh Annual Digital Media Summit to Focus on Content, Conflict and Consolidation
May 21, 2008
The seventh annual Digital Media Summit, June 9-10 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, will examine how Hollywood’s sit-back entertainment experience is being transformed by consumers’ flight to the Internet, event producer iHollywood Forum said.
Keynotes, presenters and panelists will analyze how media companies are pushing TV content, news, music and other content to the Web — even as profit margins for Web advertising remain well below the margins from traditional media.
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Forrester IT Forum: MotiveQuest Develops First Metric to Correlate Online Brand Advocacy with Real-World Sales
May 21, 2008
Marketers be forewarned: you are what you measure, and in the Internet age, metrics can be minefields for businesses that choose to track the wrong data. Fortunately for every chief marketing officer overwhelmed by minutiae such as clicks, page views, and buzz, MotiveQuest, in conjunction with researchers from Northwestern University, has developed the Online Promoter™ Score, the first statistical measurement that correlates online brand advocacy to sales.
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Forrester IT Forum: Forrester Research’s Connie Moore to Keynote Ultimus 2008 EMEA BPM User Conference
May 21, 2008
Ultimus, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM) and workflow software and solutions, with more than 1,800 customers worldwide, today announced it will host the 2008 EMEA BPM User Conference May 28-30 at the Kempinski Hotel Airport Munich in Munich, Germany. In its eighth year, the conference provides a forum for the exchange of best practices, networking with peers, and exploring the future direction of BPM.
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Forrester IT Forum: Netcordia Presents: Forrester Guidance for IT Networks to More Efficiently Support Business Demands
May 20, 2008
Netcordia presents a complimentary Webinar by IT networking expert Evelyn Hubbert of Forrester Research to discuss network change and configuration management (NCCM) practices to avoid the all-too-common causes of network performance degradation and downtime.
Hubbert will examine why monitoring changes and configuration anomalies in information networks is so imperative as the key to stabilize enterprise environments, better support core business applications and reduce labor costs – even while demands on the IT department grow. With more than 20 years of experience guiding IT organizations up the maturity model, Hubbert is one of the most respected voices on network management for her focus on aligning IT strategy with business needs. Read more
Forrester IT Forum: Epicor(R) Executive to Speak at Independent Research Firm’s IT Forum 2008
May 19, 2008
Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, today announced its vice president of product marketing, James Norwood, will be discussing trends in software licensing and pricing with a panel of industry experts at Forrester’s IT Forum 2008 held at The Palazzo at The Venetian May 20-23, 2008.
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Forrester IT Forum: Forrester Research 2008 Financial Services Forum For Marketing & Strategy Professionals, June 23-24 In New York
April 28, 2008
WHAT: Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) 2008 Financial Services Forum For Marketing & Strategy Professionals: How To Deliver Great Customer Experiences
To distinguish themselves from competitors, an increasing number of financial services firms are striving for improved customer experiences. Experience-Based Differentiation is good news for customers, but the windfall for firms is far from guaranteed. At this Event, Forrester analysts and senior executives at leading companies will show Marketing & Strategy professionals how to transform their customer experience initiatives from a handful of projects to a successfully executed strategy. Read more
