John Jackson Rejoins Yankee Group as Vice President of Enabling Technologies Research

Boston, MA, April 20, 2007 - Yankee Group today announced that John Jackson has returned to Yankee Group as vice president of Enabling Technologies Research. In his new role with the company, Jackson will extend his prior coverage relating to mobile devices to investigate competitive and emerging market strategies in the global communication technology industry.

"We are very pleased to welcome back John Jackson," said Emily Nagle Green, Yankee Group president and CEO. "As the leader in connectivity research and counsel, we continuously attract key research leaders like John who are committed to helping our clients navigate the global connectivity revolution."

Jackson is one of the most recognized and respected mobile device analysts in the industry today. Before rejoining Yankee Group, Jackson was most recently with M:Metrics, leading its consulting organization and working closely with the company's OEM and mobile operator clients. Before M:Metrics, Jackson was the director of Yankee Group's Wireless/Mobile Technologies Decision Service. Jackson conceived and launched Yankee Group's Global Mobile Device Tracker/Forecast.

"I'm pleased to return to Yankee Group at an important time for the company and its clients," said John Jackson, vice president of Enabling Technologies Research. "Yankee Group's approach to research and advising clients on the impact of global connectivity in the consumer, enterprise and technology domains is unique. I am excited to help scale the company's success with its refocused research structure and methodology."


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