Paul Miller,

Paul Miller

Vice President, Principal Analyst

Paul focuses on smart manufacturing and the future of mobility with research that explores how new and emerging technologies challenge established organizations and their business models. Relevant themes include: the growing importance of digital twins throughout the life of industrial assets; the role of IoT in connecting physical with digital workflows; the introduction of increasingly automated or autonomous equipment (drones, robots, cars, etc.) into human workflows; the challenges and opportunities associated with making asset-intensive industries more circular and sustainable; the importance of mobility moments and collaborative partner ecosystems in shaping effective models for the future of mobility; and the role of augmented and virtual reality and the so-called industrial metaverse in the future of industrial work.

Ten More Top Emerging Technologies In 2025
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The Forrester Wave: Connected Product Engineering Services, Q4 2025

Connected product engineering services providers help their clients imagine, design, test, build, sell, or maintain connected products. These connected products combine a physical product with supporting apps and digital services and can include anything from a connected toothbrush or coffee machine to software-defined vehicles and smart factories. In this webinar, we look at our most recent evaluation of providers in this market.Key takeaways: Learn which connected product engineering services providers we evaluated in our research, and how they performed.Understand the broad range of tasks a connected product engineering services provider may be called on to tackle. Explore when and how your organization might want to engage with a connected product engineering services firm.Target audience level: all levels