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Brian Hopkins

Principal Analyst serving Enterprise Architecture PROFESSIONALS

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Blog: Enterprise Architecture Blog

Brian covers emerging technology, technology innovation, data management and big data for Enterprise Architecture Professionals. His research provides practical advice to architects and IT strategists seeking to leverage emerging technology, improve their technology innovation practices and evolve their data management capabilities.

Previous Work Experience

Brian has 15 years of experience in IT as an advisor, strategist, architect, and manager. As an analyst he is the lead for Forrester’s emerging technology playbook, co-lead on the Data Management playbook, publishes our annual top technologies to watch report and has authored several ground breaking pieces on big data. He has helped numerous clients develop their technology watch lists, evolve their architecture practices, and develop strategic approaches to hot topics like big data, BI, and data management. Before joining Forrester, he worked in the financial services and defense industries, were he acted as principal architect for information management technology, overhauled enterprise architecture practices, processes, and governance, and advised executives on emerging technologies.

Education

Brian holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University (1989).

Research Coverage:

EA Modeling & Repository Tools, Enterprise Architecture Practices, Enterprise Content Management, Executive Steering Committees, Governance, IT Management, Information Architecture, Information Management, Portfolio Management, Strategy & Strategic Planning, Strategy, Planning & Governance of IT, Technical Architecture

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Brian Hopkins

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Please Join Us At The Forrester Technology Trends Tweet Jam, 10-11 ET on 7/29
Brian HopkinsJuly 20, 2011
It's that time again, and we are busy updating our annual report, "The Top 15 Trends EA Should Watch." For this year, we have expanded the number of analysts contributing to the research,...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Not Your Grandfather’s Data Warehouse
Brian HopkinsMay 05, 2011
As I dig into my initial research, it dawned on me – some technology trends are having an impact on information management/data warehouse (DW) architectures, and EAs should consider these when...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Blogging From the IBM Big Data Symposium - Big Is More Than Just Big
Brian HopkinsMay 13, 2011
Just attended a Big Data symposium courtesy of IBM and thought I’d share a few insights, as probably many of you have heard the term but are not sure what it means to you. No. 1: Big Data is...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Avoid Becoming A One-trick Pony: Embrace Your Business' Need For Real-time
Brian HopkinsMarch 13, 2013
#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; }The term “one-trick pony” allegedly originated back...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Big Data, Brewer, And A Couple Of Webinars
Brian HopkinsAugust 29, 2011
Whenever I think about big data, I can't help but think of beer – I have Dr. Eric Brewer to thank for that. Let me explain. I've been doing a lot of big data inquiries and advisory...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Are Your Employees Doing This?
Brian HopkinsFebruary 03, 2012
I just saw something that makes a point I covered in a technology trends briefing for a client yesterday. After getting my Sun-dried Ethiopia Harrar (a $3.45 “clover-brewed,”...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Is Moore's Law Still Valid?
Brian HopkinsMay 24, 2011
Has anybody noticed that processor speed has stopped doubling every 18 months? This occurred to me the other day, so I took some time to figure out why and draw some conclusions about Moore's law...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Big Data Will Help Shape Your Market’s Next Big Winners
Brian HopkinsSeptember 30, 2011
It seems that every week another vendor slaps “big data” into its marketing material – and it’s going to get worse. Should you look beyond the vendor hype and pay...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:2012 Predictions – Technology Will Shape Who We Are As People And Businesses
Brian HopkinsJanuary 12, 2012
In the first phase of the information age, technology helped us achieve new levels of productivity. In the next phase, technology will shape who we are. Why? Because technology is everywhere –...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Client Inquiry:Examples Of Documentation On Infrastructure Framework For Technology Standards
Brian HopkinsJuly 27, 2011
Do you have any examples of a document where the infrastructure framework was organized into sections?
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Closing The Innovation Gap
Brian HopkinsApril 21, 2011
Greetings — thanks for taking the time to read my inaugural blog! Let me introduce myself by way of continuing a discussion that I started at Practicing EA and CIO.com on innovation...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:It Doesn't Matter Where EA Lives — So Let's Stop Arguing About It
Brian HopkinsAugust 28, 2012
George Colony, our CEO, just released a post on his blog about enterprise architecture, aptly enough named “Enterprise Architects For Dummies (CEOs).” I retweeted the post to my followers...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:The Top Technology Trends For The Next Three Years (Part 2)
Brian HopkinsOctober 18, 2011
As promised in my blog last week, here is part 2. In part 1, I introduced the two trends reports we did this year and showed the list of trends for business technology. These are trends and...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Spiders And Elephants – Social Connections And Big Data Will Determine The Next Big Winners And Losers
Brian HopkinsJuly 05, 2011
I’ve been following a couple of 2011 developments that together may determine the next big technology winners and losers. To get your click, I’ve been obscure in my title. Spiders refers...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Forrester's Top 15 Emerging Technologies To Watch: Now To 2018
Brian HopkinsFebruary 07, 2013
The pace of technology-fueled business innovation is accelerating, and enterprise architects can take a leading role by helping their firms identify opportunities for shrewd investment. In our 2012...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Agility And What's Keeping You From It
Brian HopkinsApril 11, 2012
In our Forrsights Business Decision-Makers Survey, Q4 2011, we asked business technology leaders to rate IT’s ability to establish an architecture that can accommodate changes to business...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:The Emerging Technology Juggernaut
Brian HopkinsApril 04, 2013
I heard a great analogy from a client recently; buying new technology is like buying a new car - there are a lot of different strategies. Some people want a new car every couple of years and pay a...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:What’s Cooking – Emerging Tech Update 2013 (Part 1)
Brian HopkinsApril 18, 2013
#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; }As the analyst covering all things emerging information...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Starving People Will Find Food
Brian HopkinsApril 19, 2012
In our Forrsights Business Decision-Makers Survey, Q4 2011, 79% of business executive respondents said that technology will be a key source of innovation for their company, while 71% said that it...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Do Not Depend On EA To Innovate
Brian HopkinsAugust 10, 2011
Many organizations expect EAs to be the source of technology innovations. They are broadly knowledgeable, experienced, connect-the-dots kind of people you might naturally expect to come up with...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Rethink Your IT Strategy If You’re Serious About Cloud
Brian HopkinsNovember 25, 2011
Cloud – people can’t agree on exactly what it is, but everyone can agree that they want some piece of it. I have not talked to a single client who isn’t doing something proactively...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Client Inquiry:How Should Our IT Department Evolve?
Brian HopkinsOctober 17, 2011
As IT is rapidly changing, how should our IT department evolve? What should we focus on?
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:A Copernican Shift (And A Tip Of My Hat To Randy Heffner)
Brian HopkinsDecember 20, 2011
As my first calendar year as an analyst draws to a close, I wanted to thank everybody who has read and commented on my blog and say that I look forward to even more next year. In closing out the...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:Take A Broader View Of Agile To Survive In The Digital Age
Brian HopkinsNovember 20, 2012
I just finished analyzing our Q3 2012 Global State Of Enterprise Architecture Online Survey, where we asked a number of questions at the end of the survey on how firms identify and introduce new...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Blog:The First Rule Of Big Data — Don't Talk About Big Data
Brian HopkinsAugust 10, 2012
I’ll be chairing Big Data World Europe on September 19 in London; in advance of that event, here are a few thoughts. Since late 2011, we’ve seen the big data noise level eclipse cloud and...

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Brian Hopkins

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Please Join Us At The Forrester Technology Trends Tweet Jam, 10-11 ET on 7/29

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Not Your Grandfather’s Data Warehouse

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Blogging From the IBM Big Data Symposium - Big Is More Than Just Big

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Avoid Becoming A One-trick Pony: Embrace Your Business' Need For Real-time

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Big Data, Brewer, And A Couple Of Webinars

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Are Your Employees Doing This?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Is Moore's Law Still Valid?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Big Data Will Help Shape Your Market’s Next Big Winners

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:2012 Predictions – Technology Will Shape Who We Are As People And Businesses

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:Examples Of Documentation On Infrastructure Framework For Technology Standards

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Closing The Innovation Gap

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:It Doesn't Matter Where EA Lives — So Let's Stop Arguing About It

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:The Top Technology Trends For The Next Three Years (Part 2)

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Spiders And Elephants – Social Connections And Big Data Will Determine The Next Big Winners And Losers

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Forrester's Top 15 Emerging Technologies To Watch: Now To 2018

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Agility And What's Keeping You From It

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:The Emerging Technology Juggernaut

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:What’s Cooking – Emerging Tech Update 2013 (Part 1)

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Starving People Will Find Food

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Do Not Depend On EA To Innovate

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Rethink Your IT Strategy If You’re Serious About Cloud

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Client Inquiry:How Should Our IT Department Evolve?

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:A Copernican Shift (And A Tip Of My Hat To Randy Heffner)

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:Take A Broader View Of Agile To Survive In The Digital Age

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Blog:The First Rule Of Big Data — Don't Talk About Big Data

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