Forrester Research

Forrester Research

Infobox_Company
company_name = Forrester Research, Inc.
company_type=Public (nasdaq|FORR)
foundation = 1983 by George F. Colony
location_city = flagicon|USA 400 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA
industry= Market research
num_employees = 905 (as of September 30, 2007)
homepage = [http://www.forrester.com Forrester Research]

Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Forrester Research has four research centers in the US: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Foster City, California; Washington, D.C.; and Westport, Connecticut. It also has four European research centers in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, and Paris. The firm has nineteen sales locations worldwide. It offers a variety of services including syndicated research on technology as it relates to business, quantitative market research on consumer technology adoption as well as enterprise IT spending, research-based consulting and advisory services, Events, workshops, and teleconferences and executive peer-networking programs.

History

Forrester Research was founded in July 1983 by George Forrester Colony, now chairman of the board and chief executive officer, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company's first report, "The Professional Automation Report," was published in November 1983. In November 1996, Forrester announced its initial public offering of 2,300,000 shares. In February 2000, the company announced its secondary public offering of 626,459 shares. The company acquired Fletcher Research, a British Internet research firm, in November 1999; FORIT GmbH, a German market research and consulting firm, in October 2000 and Giga Information Group, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based information technology research and consulting company, in February 2003.

Leadership

* George F. Colony, Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO
* Charles Rutstein, Chief Operating Officer
* Brian E. Kardon, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer
* Michael Doyle, Chief Financial Officer
* Elizabeth Lemons, Chief People Officer
* Gail S. Mann, Chief Legal Officer And Secretary
* George M. Orlov, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer
* Dennis van Lingen, Managing Director, Marketing & Strategy Client Group; Chief Europe, Middle East, & Africa Officer
* Julie Meringer, Managing Director, Information Technology Client Group
* Mark R. Nemec, Ph.D., Managing Director, Technology Industry Client Group

Competitors

*AMR Research
*The 451 Group
*Aberdeen Group
*ABI Research
*Burton Group
*Canalys
*CMS Watch
*Dittberner Associates
*Frost & Sullivan
*Gartner
*Gfk
*Info-Tech Research Group
*Jupiter Research
*Strategy Analytics
*Technology Evaluation Centers
*TekPlus
* [http://www.wirelessfederation.com Wireless Federation]
*Yankee Group

See also

*List of United States companies
*List of research companies

External links

* [http://www.forrester.com/ Forrester Research]


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