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Blog:“Big Data” Technology: Getting Hotter, But Still Too Hard For Most Developers

“Big Data” is coming up more often on the agendas of key vendors as well as some of the more-advanced users of information management technology. Although some of this increased activity...

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Blog:Application Delivery Must Enter The Age Of The Customer

To succeed in today's turbulent business environment, enterprises must drive deeper customer engagement, connecting empowered customers to the valuable services they want across multiple...

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Blog:Forrester's Call: Platform-As-A-Service Cloud Development Is Poised For Breakout

My colleague John Rymer expects platform-as-a-service (PaaS) technology to “cross the chasm” into mainstream status over the next three years (2012-2014). Today, PaaS solutions, which...

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Blog:How Should EA Work With App Delivery To Remain Relevant?

I visited a client recently, a large company with global operations and a large application delivery organization. A senior VP in charge of a large part of that organization told me an interesting...

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Blog:Packaged Versus Custom Apps: The Debate Rages On

It wasn’t that long ago that packaged apps ruled the application delivery landscape and custom development was decidedly the second choice. Today, the decision is not so cut and dried, as firms...

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Report:Make Software Delivery More Responsive To The Business

Executive Overview: The Agile And Lean Playbook

Most firms are experiencing rapid and fundamental change in both business and technology. How do you cope? You must transform your software delivery approach — minor tweaks to traditional...

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Blog:Learn From Vegas Casinos How To Get Smarter About Data Analytics

Ever wonder how Las Vegas casinos catch card-counting teams at Blackjack tables, like the MIT team immortalized in the film “21” with Kevin Spacey? They use many techniques, some of which...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Data Virtualization, Q1 2012

Informatica, IBM, Composite Software, And Denodo Technologies Lead, With SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Stone Bond, And Red Hat Close Behind

In Forrester's 53-criteria evaluation of data virtualization — also known as information-as-a-service (IaaS) — vendors, we found that Informatica, IBM, Composite Software, and Denodo...

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Blog:Don't Miss Our Upcoming Webinar "Building High-Performance Developer Teams"

From its birth as one of the highest-rated track sessions at IT Forum earlier this year to its recent publication as the Forrester report "Best Practices: Building High-Performance Application...

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Blog:Where Do *You* Find The Best Software Developers?

Here at Forrester, we’re beginning a new stream of research focused on where firms are finding the best software developers. And by best, I mean a few key attributes, including being...

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Blog:Canonical Information Modeling - A Best Practice For SOA?

I recently attended the second annual “Canonical Model Management Forum” at the Washington Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC (see here for my post about last year’s, first meeting,...

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Blog:How Do *Your* Customers Innovate?

This article on consumer innovation that appeared in The New York Times over the weekend was fascinating. It points to a new study conducted in the UK on the role customers play in innovation in...

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Blog:Register For Forrester’s Upcoming Jam Session “Application Delivery’s Role In Customer And Business Empowerment”

Please join us on Monday, June 13, at 11.00 a.m. EDT for part one of our Customer Empowerment Jam Sessions, "Application Delivery’s Role In Customer And Business Empowerment." To succeed in...

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Blog:Miss Our Webinar "Building High-Performance Developer Teams"? Go To This Download Site!

From its birth as one of the highest-rated track sessions at IT Forum earlier this year to its recent publication as the Forrester report "Best Practices: Building High-Performance Application...

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Blog:Customer-Driven Business Transformation: A Discussion With Trustmark CIO Dan Simpson

Dan Simpson understands business transformation - and the critical role the customer plays in it. Before joining Trustmark, Dan led the Enterprise Technology Group at Physicians Mutual in Omaha,...

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Blog:Who Should Lead Strategic Investment Planning?

By Mike Gilpin I was in the audience at our recent “Business Process & Application Delivery Forum” for the track session “Using The Next-Generation PMO To Promote Innovation,”...

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Blog:Canonical Information Models Play Important Role In API Layers, Increasing Service Reuse

I attended the third annual Canonical Model Management Forum, May 14-15, 2012, hosted by DigitalML at the hip Washington Plaza Hotel again this year. I saw even more signs than last year that...

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Blog:Ringing In The New Year With A Fresh Look At Software Requirements

via Mike Gilpin It's a real pleasure for me to be able to bring you some insights that emerged from the Forrester Leadership Board's Application Development & Delivery Council during 2010. My...

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Blog:Follow The Conversation From Forrester's IT Forum 2011

Today we’re kicking off Forrester's IT Forum 2011 at The Palazzo in Las Vegas. Prepare for three exciting days of keynote presentations and track sessions focused on business and technology...

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Blog:Vote For Forrester's 2011 IT Forum Theme

Are you ready for Forrester's IT Forum 2011? Mark your calendars for May 25-27 in Las Vegas and June 8-10 in Barcelona — and help us design an event that is as relevant and productive...

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Report:Application Delivery Must Enter The Age Of The Customer

A Roundtable Discussion With Forrester Analysts

Customers have more power today than ever before. They have tremendous influence and reach through social media, more options and choices for whom to buy from, and high expectations about how they...

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Blog:Attend Forrester's Webinar On Transforming Your Application Delivery Organization

Are you under increasing pressure from your business colleagues and sponsors to deliver more business value, faster, with higher quality? Have you been experimenting with new processes like Agile and...

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Blog:The Age Of The Customer Will Force App Delivery Organizations To Change

At a recent roundtable discussion with Forrester’s leading application development & delivery (ADD) and customer experience analysts, my colleagues and I explored the topic of how application...

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Blog:Winning!?

 Are you winning? No, this is not about Charlie Sheen! I mean, are you one of the “fortunate” ones leading application delivery in a firm that is winning? Today’s economy is a...

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Blog:What Are The Benefits Of Running Your Software Organization As A Business That Delivers Products?

In my blog post yesterday, I asked whether you should be running your software organization as a business that delivers products. Today I will explore what it means for you to take this approach. As...