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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

Brian Hopkins's Research

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: Deliver On Big Data Potential With A Hub-And-Spoke Architecture
Brian HopkinsJune 12, 2013
Data management has become as crucial as financial management to leading firms, but businesses grapple with data management platforms that can't respond fast enough to fickle customers and fluid...
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: The Patterns Of Big Data
Brian HopkinsJune 11, 2013
The purpose of this toolkit is to clarify and illuminate the most common big data patterns. Use this research as a basis for business conversations. Study the problems we identified and the res...
- Downloads: 17
- Comments: 2
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: Break Down Silos With An Emerging Technology Road Map
Brian HopkinsMay 14, 2013
Firms increasingly depend on technology to be innovative and disruptive. However, our data indicates that most firms are not doing a good job of getting new technology in the door and ensuring t...
- Downloads: 299
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: Assess Your Readiness For Emerging Technology Opportunities
Brian HopkinsMarch 27, 2013
The pace of business is accelerating; digitized information makes constant change and disruption an ongoing reality. Firms count on emerging technologies to give them a leg up in increasingly co...
- Downloads: 226
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: Capitalize On Emerging Technology For Innovation And Growth
Brian HopkinsMarch 25, 2013
Emerging technology unlocks disruptive business opportunities for firms that are prepared; capitalizing on this should be a key element in your firm's innovation and growth plans. Technologies t...
- Downloads: 234

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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: The Top 10 Technology Trends EA Should Watch: 2012 To 2014
Brian HopkinsOctober 7, 2011
Enterprise architects (EAs) struggle to keep up with the rapidly changing technology landscape while also answering the call for application and technology consolidation. To help EAs balance bus...
- Downloads: 4354
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: The Top Emerging Technologies To Watch: Now Through 2018
Brian Hopkins, Frank E. GillettFebruary 7, 2013
Emerging digital technologies are a primary driver of business evolution and disruption. Firms are grappling with an accelerating pace of business change while also trying to make IT simpler and...
- Downloads: 2754
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: The Top 10 Business Technology Trends EA Should Watch: 2012 To 2014
Brian HopkinsOctober 7, 2011
Driving increasing capacity for business innovation remains high on the CIO's agenda, but enterprise architects (EAs) struggle to keep up with the rapidly changing technology landscape while als...
- Downloads: 2687
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Report: Big Opportunities In Big Data
Brian HopkinsMay 18, 2011
Opportunities to improve the bottom line exist in a flood of information; however, gaining insight from data becomes challenging as it grows extremely large. Emerging technology applies the powe...
- Downloads: 2664
For CIOs
Report: Expand Your Digital Horizon With Big Data
Brian Hopkins, Boris EvelsonSeptember 30, 2011
At extreme scale, traditional data management and business intelligence (BI) become impractical, and your business does not get what it demands — more insight to drive greater business per...
- Downloads: 2334