Last week, Forrester Research released The Forrester Wave™: Business Process Analysis, EA Tools, And IT Planning, Q1 2009.  This was the second year that Forrester analyst Henry Peyret led the research, and this wave provides the broadest and most up to date coverage of EA and Strategic IT Planning tools currently available.

As part of the 2008 Architecture and Governance Survey earlier this year, we asked readers to list the top three items that they would like to have to make their jobs as strategists and architects better.  As we close out the tumultuous 2008 and look forward to the new year ahead, I've captured some of the most thought full sets of wishes for you to contemplate.

On behalf of the entre staff of A&G, I hope you have a peaceful holiday, and I look forward to providing insight for you in the new year.

- Jonas


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A view of the future

The IT leadership role has changed dramatically since the title "chief information officer" was initially coined in the late 1980s. The CIO's portfolio of responsibilities must keep pace with the rising intrinsic economic value of information. As executive recruiters and human capital strategy consultants, we at Korn/Ferry International have enjoyed a privileged vantage of the resulting evolutionary pressures affecting CIOs in leading organizations across a broad spectrum of industries.