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Economic Impact
Featured Research

Technology Shines Through Downturn Darkness
Software vendors need to modify their marketing messages and products to address their customers' concerns during this economic downturn. Be prepared for longer sales cycles, projects being delayed one quarter or into a new fiscal year. This will cause your sales force to increase discounting to try to pull sales into current quarters. This will put a lot of pressure on margins, and those vendors who miss their quarterly numbers will feel even more pressure from the stock market.


Most e-government initiatives imply reinventing or transforming government, but constituents may not need or want this. We look at how governments can position their e-government initiatives against Gartner's four-phase model.

    

Spotlight on Economic Impact

economic impact

Thriving During Difficult Economic Times offers guidance to clients on the most effective business steps worth taking that will deliver optimal productivity, while saving as much money as possible during the current economic slowdown. Read more


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Upcoming Research

U.S. Federal Budget and IT R&D
We review U.S. federal budget allocation for IT R&D.

E-Government in Canada
Canada hits the mark with Government Online, but misses e-government.

Can You Go to Jail for Forwarding This E-mail?
How Australian legislation may put a damper on e-mail.

The Service Provider Edge - where Enterprise and Carrier Networks Meet
This report defines the service provider edge market. It differentiates core router products from products that reside on the service provider edge. There is a trend towards core routers moving toward the edge as the core requirements change and faster core routers are deployed. The report examines the positioning of the vendors in the edge broken down by the subcategories in which they compete.