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founded it more than 17 years ago. I have a two- part answer to the question. The first answer is no, I’m not surprised, because I always believed that there would be high demand for objective, relevant technology research. But I guess I am surprised at how successful we have been in attracting so many fantastic people to work at Forrester. If there is one secret to our success, it has been the skilled, committed, smart, and creative people who have built the company. Every day I feel blessed working with this amazing group, and I feel very, very lucky that they have chosen to center their careers at Forrester. 

Even though Forrester has had tremendous growth, we’ve just departed on our voyage. I see technology change as a pervasive, inexorable force worldwide over the next 50 years. Technology change will affect the way we raise our families, the way we play, the way we learn, the way communities are built, the way we treat disease, the way democracy works, and the way the dialogue of society develops. The PC and the Web are primitive tools — we will look 

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back on them as the sharpened sticks and stone axes of prehistory technology. As advanced biological, information, and network systems enter the economy, Forrester’s ability to explain and analyze their best uses will increase the demand for our products and services. The technology economy and Forrester are just getting going. 

Please drop me a message at gcolony@forrester.com if you want to talk. And thank you for being part of Forrester. 

Best wishes, 

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George F. Colony Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 

Timothy M. Riley Vice President, Strategic Growth 

Richard C. Belanger Chief Technology Officer 

Emily Nagle Green Vice President, International 

Stanley H. Dolberg Vice President, Research 

Joel M. Blenner Vice President, Sales 

Mary Modahl Vice President, Marketing 

William M. Bluestein, Ph.D. President and Chief Operating Officer 

Susan Whirty Maffei, Esq. Chief Financial Officer; Vice President, Operations; and General Counsel 

