Yankee Group has formed a strategic alliance with Data Resources, Inc. (DRI), a leading research information provider on telecommunications, IT and electronics industries in Japan. Yankee Group selected DRI as its exclusive distribution partner for the Japanese market. DRI President Hiroshi Sasaki will act as the Japanese market representative for Yankee Group, and lead the Yankee Group/DRI distributor partnership in Japan.

Under the terms of the partnership agreement, DRI will distribute to the Japanese business marketplace Yankee Group's data, research and insight into the issues arising from the global connectivity revolution. In addition, the international distributor partnership includes collaboration on industry events.

"Internationally, the Japanese market has been quick to recognize the impacts of ubiquitous connectivity on business, social and economic interactions," said Hiroshi Sasaki, president of DRI. "Together, Yankee Group and DRI will expand their reach and gain a more influential position in the Japanese business market as leading business research providers."

"The Yankee Group/DRI partnership speaks to Yankee Group's commitment to create enriching business opportunities for international partners that share our vision of Anywhere," said John Jacobs, Yankee Group senior vice president of marketing and product management. "DRI has a reputation in the Japanese market as the leading provider of business insights to major clients such as NTT Group, KDDI Group, Hitachi, Fujitsu and NEC. We are thrilled to match our business synergies to jointly supply insights on the impact of global connectivity on the communications, IT and consumer electronics industries specifically in Japan."

At WiMAX World Asia 2008 in Bangkok, DRI Senior Analyst Keiji Takeuchi will provide an opening presentation on "Market Opportunities and Implementation Strategies in Japan" on Tuesday, March 18 at 3:45 p.m. Yankee Group speakers at WiMAX World Asia 2008 include Berge Ayvazian, Phil Marshall and XJ Wang. For more information on Takeuchi’s presentation and WiMAX World Asia, visit http://asia.wimaxworld.com.

DRI also represents ABI Research, Infonetics Research, In-Stat, Pyramid Research, Research On Asia Group, THT Business Research, and Web-Feet Research.

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