AITP Chicago – 2021 Information Technology Trends
AITP Chicago and the Office of the CIO SIG invite you to a Zoom meeting:
Topic: Key Enterprise Software Trends For 2021
Liz will discuss major enterprise software trends for 2021. She will overview the current state of enterprise software investments and how plans have and haven’t changed with the pandemic. Liz will also discuss major trends reshaping enterprise applications including cloud, experience, and AI. Finally, Liz will share how software strategies around selection and deployment are changing. You will have an opportunity to ask questions after the formal presentation.
Speaker: Liz Herbert, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester
Liz focuses on the technology services industry, helping clients navigate this fast-changing market and maximize the business value of their technology investments. As a principal analyst, Liz helps clients understand the key dynamics in the enterprise application services market and make smart technology sourcing decisions. Specific topics of focus include SaaS, SAP and Oracle Services, and services for cloud and mobile. Liz has extensive experience helping technology buyers select services partners, manage provider relationships, and negotiate favorable contracts. She also advises technology and technology services vendors on market dynamics, buyer demands, competitive landscape, and go-to-market.
Liz has been a featured speaker at leading industry events such as SaaScon, Nasscom, Society of Information Managers, and World BPO Forum. She has been quoted in leading publications including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The New York Times, and CIO Magazine. Liz has been featured as a technology expert on TV news segments, including Bloomberg TV and Boston-based NECN. She was named IIAR Services analyst of the year in 2010.
Previous Work Experience
Prior to joining Forrester in 2002, Liz worked at the US Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center, programming a computer simulator to test equipment for GPS-based ship navigation. Liz also worked as a researcher at the MIT Media Lab, programming “smart” objects that sense and “think” and researching electronic ballot user experience as part of the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project. Prior to working at the MIT Media Lab, Liz worked in the COMDEX division of Ziff Davis.
Note: Although our Zoom meetings are usually recorded and made available to AITP Chicago members, Forrester does not allow for free distribution of recorded events. Please attend in person if you can.
Click Here to Register to Receive a Meeting Link You must register by 10/31 to attend! The meeting link will be sent out the evening of 10/31 to all registrants.