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Dear Salesforce, haven’t I been a good, objective, reasonable, helpful industry analyst? Why would you make my life more difficult? For years clients have been reaching out with the following question: If a significant portion of all my enterprise data comes from SAP or Oracle business applications (ERP, CRM, etc.), should SAP BW/4HANA or Oracle […]

Generative AI —using machine learning or other models (e.g., large language models) for creating novel text, images, sounds, etc. — is firmly in the spotlight as one the fastest-developing areas of technology today, especially with the recent release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Over the past week, we’ve seen thousands of people experimenting with prompts and questions […]

With Naveen Chhabra, Andras Cser, Devin Dickerson, Brent Ellis, Liz Herbert, Andre Kindness, Bill Martorelli, Dario Maisto, Allie Mellen, Alla Valente, Tracy Woo, Noel Yuhanna Some 14 Forrester analysts attended this year’s AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas. The conference was a mix of innovation in some areas — particularly compute and networking, along with a […]

Once you've gathered the input needed to create an annual marketing plan, the next step is to define the plan's components. Learn how, step by step.

I’m pleased to share that on November 1, 2022, I joined Forrester’s customer experience (CX) team reporting to Rick Parrish. This group is core to creating Forrester’s customer experience service and the CX Leader Success Cycle, which guides how CX leaders improve performance and justify greater investment in customer experience. Now, this doesn’t mean that […]

We look at a few ways that retailers can use messaging to support customers through the holidays and beyond.

Healthcare and life sciences companies: Fill out Forrester’s executive survey in exchange for personalized feedback on your state of digital experiences, as well as key industry benchmarks.

Competitive business strategy will primarily be driven by an organization’s ability to compete through digital experiences on the digital shelf. It is estimated that more than $500 billion is spent annually to get increased digital shelf visibility every year. The enterprise applications and services that bring these digital experiences to life will become the lifeblood of organizations. As a part of this accelerating evolution, the delivery of enterprise content is becoming critical to help businesses attain their goals and meet their customers where they are. I am very excited to focus my research on examining the intersection of content technologies and digital business strategy.

As we head into another year of economic uncertainty, panic and fear seem to be gripping many organizations. From mass layoffs in the tech sector to hiring freezes, the world of CX has a right to be concerned. Given the shifts in design awareness and transitions over the last decade from “what it looks like” to “how it works,” however, we predict that designers and the experience design community will be more important than ever.

“Help us help you.” This was the call to action we put out in July and August of 2022 to voice-of-the-customer (VoC) and customer experience (CX) measurement leaders around the world. We asked CX professionals responsible for VoC and CX measurement activities to tell us about their teams’ scope and structure, practices, and challenges. In […]

Get To Know Matt Most people who know Matt know he has a passion for travel and immersing himself in other cultures. He studied abroad in destinations including Argentina, Morocco, and Hong Kong in high school, college, and grad school. His career also provided him with the opportunity to take up residence in Turkey and […]

Apptio, a pioneer in the technology business management (TBM) field, welcomed some 1,000-plus in-person attendees to its annual conference November 7–9, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Now years in the running, the company launched TBM and the Technology Business Management Council, a quasi-user group and think tank for viewing, understanding, and analyzing IT cost data. The […]

For a B2B annual marketing plan to be meaningful, marketing leaders need the right information — and to know how to find it.

Meet Tope Olufon, the new analyst covering cybersecurity in EMEA.

Following the previously published report covering key CDP vendors in Asia Pacific, I interviewed 10 customer data platform (CDP) customers in the region and published a new report, The State Of Customer Data Platforms In Asia Pacific. Here are the key findings on the state of CDP in APAC. CDP Popularity In APAC Varies By […]

Read our 2023 predictions for data mesh: Clarity, challenges, more confusion, and opportunities are all just part of the journey.

In an uncertain economic climate, having a sound marketing planning process is critical. In this first post of a three-part series, we introduce a methodical approach to B2B marketing planning.

This blog was written in collaboration with Anna Synakh. Intel, a tech giant with over 121,000 employees, sets an example for organizations that are considering becoming more customer obsessed. Despite its size and complexity, Intel has made big strides in all three customer obsession competencies: leadership, strategy, and operations. In our new report, Case Study: […]

… Or, What We Should Plug Into Slack, Teams, And Other Chat Platforms Over the past decade, chat platforms have become a fixture of the workplace (yes, somehow it’s already been more than 10 years). This is due to them supporting rapid informal communication as well as their extensibility. For years, organizations have had success […]