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Forrester’s 2023 US Federal CX Index™ Reveals Uneven CX

Colleen Fazio November 21, 2023
(written with Daniel Portillo, senior research associate at Forrester) First, the good news: US federal customer experience (CX) remains steady amid an unprecedented two-year decline in average CX quality in the US private sector (link for Forrester client access only). Now, the not-so-good news: Federal CX remains, on average, the weakest among the 13 verticals […]
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Saying Goodbye To MQLs: A Parting That Is All Sweet And No Sorrow

Simon Daniels November 21, 2023
Adopting the revenue waterfall for demand management brings many benefits, meaning that parting with leads can be all sweet and no sorrow.
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Apple Sales And Profits Analysis For FY 2023 — Top 10 Insights

Jitender Miglani November 21, 2023
Read this blog for analysis and the top 10 key takeaways from Apple’s FY 2023 sales and profits reporting.
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SharePoint Premium Makes Its Debut At Microsoft Ignite 2023

Cheryl McKinnon November 20, 2023
Amid all of the buzz around Copilot at Microsoft Ignite last week, SharePoint Premium was revealed. While this is partially a branding and licensing streamlining effort, SharePoint Premium will continue to evolve into an AI-powered content platform with document automation, metadata enrichment, and other intelligent content services. Managing the end-to-end lifecycle of “high-value content,” such […]
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B2B CMOs, Elevate Your Partner Ecosystem Marketing Now!

Christina Schmitt November 20, 2023
In the fast-paced realm of B2B marketing, it’s crucial for chief marketing officers to adapt and enhance their marketing strategies. The focus is shifting away from traditional channel marketing, and it’s time to embrace the power of partner marketing for a true marketing transformation. The most popular priority of B2B marketing leaders for the next […]
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Stay Off Santa’s Naughty List: Four Ways To Responsibly Design Experiences This Holiday Season

Gina Bhawalkar November 20, 2023
Practice inclusive design this holiday season to unlock long-term benefits. Here are four ways to implement responsible design.
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My Key Takeaways From This Year’s Singapore FinTech Festival

Meng Liu November 19, 2023
In Singapore, the ease of global networking is impressive. At the recent Singapore FinTech Festival, a significant event in APAC attracting around 66,000 attendees, I had the valuable chance to connect with clients and friends worldwide. The event offered both enriching conversations and intriguing fintech product demonstrations. Here are some key takeaways from the event: […]
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Welcome To The Chip Wars, Microsoft

Glenn O'Donnell November 17, 2023
The move erodes lucrative business for the current main players. We break down what it means for tech buyers.
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The Commerce Solutions For B2B Landscape, Q4 2023: A Stoic Perspective Cuts Through The Static

Joe Cicman November 16, 2023
Tech buyers, if you sell to other businesses through an e-commerce channel, your vendors have heard you loud and clear: You’re pursuing pragmatic growth opportunities in today’s unprecedented economic climate. The Big Picture Is Stoic Pragmatism Asset-light growth from helping existing customers do better — that’s what marketplaces do. That’s the main trend that unifies […]
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The Business Case For Investing In Women’s Health

Arielle Trzcinski November 16, 2023
Employers and health insurers can invest now in digital health offerings and tailored benefits that better serve this population. Keep these valuable women in the workforce. You’re not only doing what’s good for business — you just might save the life of someone you care for or who cares for you.
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Humane’s “Ai Pin” Is An Engineering Feat — Not A Replacement For A Smartphone or Smartwatch

Julie Ask November 15, 2023
Humane's Ai Pin won’t see mass market adoption in the near term. Find out why.
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Humane’s Ai Pin Will Inspire The Very Device It Seeks To Replace

Mike Proulx November 14, 2023
Can a lapel pin replace the smartphone? If Humane (a startup by former Apple execs) has its way, its much-buzzed-about “Ai Pin” will make screens (and more) a thing of the past. But to get people’s heads back up and out of their devices means changing the paradigm of how we learned to interact with […]
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People Avoid Chatbots — Here’s How Your Company Can Make Its Bot Better

David Truog November 14, 2023
Creating an effective chatbot is hard. To get it right, you need to master conversation design, a new discipline for creating experiences that are based on conversational AI, and you need to know where and when to use new technologies like generative AI.
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Go-To-Market Strategy: The Three Core Engagement Elements Needed For Successful Execution

Katie Fabiszak November 14, 2023
This blog post dives into the engagement strategy layer of the Forrester Go-To-Market Architecture framework. This layer details a go-to-market strategy approach that allows portfolio marketers to build the critical deliverables needed to ensure successful execution.
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Shift From Manual To Automated Account Planning To Deliver Results

Steve Silver November 13, 2023
I’ve been involved with account planning programs for over 30 years — first as a sales rep, then as a sales manager, then as a sales operations leader, and, finally, as an analyst and advisor. And in all that time, resistance by sellers to the process of creating and leveraging account plans remains high. Why? […]
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To Build A GenAI-Powered Business App, You Need More Than An LLM

Ted Schadler November 13, 2023
A simplistic genAI approach won’t scale, won’t be cost-effective, won’t fully protect you, and won’t put all your proprietary knowledge to work. Learn about a new genAI application architecture called layers, gates, pipes, and loops.
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Generative AI Will Displace Frontline B2B Marketing Jobs, And You’re Not Ready

John Arnold November 13, 2023
Generative AI, as it stands today, is a minimally viable solution for frontline marketers. But that’s going to change. Generative AI will revolutionize frontline B2B marketing, offering both opportunities and threats to the status quo. Forrester forecasts that automation and AI overall will replace 4.9% of US jobs by 2030. With unique regard to frontline […]
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Can AI Boost Product Innovation?

George Lawrie November 10, 2023
Not surprisingly, Forrester readers these days often ask about the impact of AI on product lifecycle management (PLM). The most typical question we get in this context refers to embedded AI versus generative AI. Should You Embed AI In PLM Or Just Add Bard Or ChatGPT On Top? Clients tell us that traditional AI analyzes […]
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The Deadly Effects Of High Concentration Risk

Madelein van der Hout November 10, 2023
Learn why breaches with a high impact on society, such as recent cyberattacks in Germany, bring more focus on concentration risk.
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Self-Aware AI Is Here — Just Not How You Imagine It

Martin Gill November 10, 2023
AI can unleash magic, but it’s not inherently as magical as some of the hype would have you believe.