Architecture & Technology Strategy
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Inside Bank Of America’s Enterprise AI Playbook
Join us September 24 to see how Bank of America turned AI ambition into enterprise-wide impact by starting with customers and scaling with trust.
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Dollars And Sense At FinOps X 2026: Is AI Value Management Bigger Than FinOps?
FinOps X continues to be one of the fastest-growing and most action-packed events on our calendar. FinOps X 2026 outdid the prior year’s iteration with 2,500 total attendees, up 25% from FinOps X’s 2025 count. Last year, we wrote that AI cost management was a “nascent but growing” theme at the event. Wow, that has […]
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The IT Singularity Is Here: Announcing Forrester’s 2026 Technology Events
The IT singularity is already here — and traditional IT operating models can’t keep up with an always-on, AI-driven world. Learn how technology leaders are adapting now and what it takes to turn disruption into real business advantage at Forrester’s 2026 Technology & Innovation Forums.
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How Tech Leaders Govern AI Outcomes At Scale – APAC
Join us July 21 to learn how CIOs and tech leaders turn AI into measurable business outcomes. Bring clarity, accountability, and value to your AI strategy.
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AI Agents Need Real-Time Context: Data Streaming Is How You Are Going To Get It
Real-time data is reality. It is the context that represents the physical and digital reality of what is happening in your business right now. That context is what AI agents need to make accurate decisions and take appropriate actions that affect customers, operations, the workforce, and the market. Unlike humans, AI agents act at digital […]
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Agentic Software Development Takes The Lead: From Code Assistants To Orchestrated SDLC Agents
So far in 2026, software development has already crossed a clear threshold. GenAI is no longer just helping developers to write code faster; it is reshaping how software is planned, built, tested, and delivered. Forrester’s recent report on The State Of Agentic Software Development, 2026 shows that TuringBots are now becoming agentic, not just AI […]
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How Tech Leaders Govern AI Outcomes At Scale
Join us July 14 to learn how CIOs and tech leaders turn AI into measurable business outcomes. Bring clarity, accountability, and value to your AI strategy.
Bank of America’s AI Playbook—Here’s How to Scale It
Live Sept. 24: Explore Bank of America’s human-centered lessons for scaling AI—plus learn how to apply Forrester’s research and frameworks to improve ROI, readiness, and trust.
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Strategy: Batteries Required, Discipline Sold Separately (Part 2)
Welcome back! Last time, we cracked open the box and discovered that the “strategy” was really a stack of inherited decisions, held together with assumptions, good intentions, a few layers of duct tape, and the occasional vendor relationship nobody can fully explain. We watched it come apart under a divestiture, get reassembled in real time, […]
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Miro’s Big Bet: Can A Whiteboard Company Become The AI Decisioning Layer For The Enterprise?
At its Canvas 26 conference, Miro claimed that it’s no longer in the whiteboard business. Instead, it wants to become the collaborative decision-making layer for the agentic enterprise. That’s bold and ambitious repositioning and, potentially, timely. As the cost of intelligence is plummeting, the amount of work organizations can generate is increasing significantly — you […]
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TeamViewer Connect: A Pragmatic Look At How IT Can Level Up DEX
TeamViewer Connect in New York City brought together TeamViewer leadership, customers, and digital employee experience (DEX) practitioners for a grounded discussion about what it really takes to “level up” DEX. Rather than focusing on product features, the event centered on operational maturity, outcome-based measurement, and the human impact of automation. From customer stories to practical […]
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Agentic AI Enters Its Enterprise Execution Era
Agentic AI is no longer defined by chat-based interactions or experimental prototypes but by its growing ability to execute work across enterprise environments. In March 2026, OpenClaw was part of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote at NVIDIA’s GTC summit. Since then, I’ve had a lot of discussions with my enterprise clients worldwide on its potential […]
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Why Business Leadership Is The Deciding Factor In API Success
Every year, enterprises invest millions in APIs, yet many end up with brittle interfaces nobody wants to reuse. The root of this problem is usually how the program is led rather than the technology. When business leadership is missing, APIs devolve into integration glue. They connect systems, but they don’t create momentum. Solution architects build […]
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OCX 2026: Open Source As Strategy
At OCX, the Eclipse Foundation’s Open Community Experience conference, attendees met to discuss the Eclipse Foundation and what it means to be an open-source developer.
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Why Scaling Products Without Architecture Slows You Down
Product-centric operating models are now the default aspiration for digital organizations. Agile adoption continues to rise. Our data shows that 55% of firms in North America and Europe now use agile or product-centric ways of working, up double digits since 2023, while APAC adoption is approaching 50%. The promise is compelling: faster value delivery, empowered […]
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You Can’t Mature Enterprise Architecture Until You Decide What “Better” Means
Ask 10 enterprise architects what maturity looks like, and you’ll get at least 10 different answers. Some want to fix the basics, such as brittle platforms, slow delivery, or a business that doesn’t trust them. Some want to prove value in terms the CFO understands. Some are asking a more existential question: What kind of […]
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AI Is Forcing A Rethink Of Application Architecture — And That’s A Good Thing
For years, solution architects have worked to modernize application landscapes: decomposing monoliths, exposing business capabilities through APIs, and embracing event-driven design. That work isn’t changing. But the rapid infusion of AI into application architecture fundamentally changes how solution architects orchestrate and design applications. In my latest report, Rearchitecting Applications For The Age Of AI, I […]
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Beyond The Wave: What Customers Really Think About Autonomous Testing Platforms
We spoke with 37 enterprise customers using autonomous testing platform tools. The findings, published in our new report, “Buyer’s Guide: Autonomous Testing Platforms, Q1 2026,” reveal a nuanced picture: real progress, tempered by uneven adoption and evolving expectations.
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SAP’s Reltio Acquisition Forces A Choice For CIOs
The SAP-Reltio Deal Is About Who Controls Your Future Architecture We have seen a lot of M&A activity trying to capitalize on AI hype. SAP’s acquisition of Reltio isn’t that. Instead, the acquisition is a strategic, pragmatic shot by SAP to own the master data layer and make the future enterprise architecture more interoperable, particularly […]
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The Four EA Archetypes: A Story Of How EA Finds Its True Place
In nearly every enterprise architecture (EA) leadership conversation I’ve had this year, the same tension surfaces: The practice is doing real work, but stakeholders can’t describe what it delivers. Expectations have surged, roles have expanded, and transformation pressures are multiplying. Yet the practice remains invisible where it matters most. EA leaders need a clear anchor: […]
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Oracle Embraces AI At JavaOne
If you couldn’t make it to NVIDIA GTC this year, you could still find plenty of AI at JavaOne. About 400 people attended the keynote in person, with more online. That keynote was called “Java for an AI World.” Oracle thinks Java is a great programming language for AI, and it claims its strength over […]
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