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The Six Steps To Understanding IT Customers And Stakeholders

Gordon Barnett 2 days ago
To help you reach a future fit IT organization, Forrester has identified the six key steps to understanding IT operating model customers and stakeholders — if you do this, you can put them at the center of design, build, deliver, and serve.
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UBS Acquires Credit Suisse: A Trust Crisis That Continues To Unravel

Jost Hoppermann 3 days ago
Poor risk management practices, a questionable corporate culture, and a long series of scandals created an explosive mix that led to Credit Suisse’s collapse and consequent acquisition by rival UBS. While each theme deserves its own analysis, the sum of these events provides a crisp example of how the bank undermined the very definition of trust that ultimately caused its collapse. Here, we discuss the implications of the “rescue” of Credit Suisse by UBS.

Optimize Your Tech Spend In 2023

Set your org up for future success by managing tech spend wisely during the downturn.

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Take Control Of Your DAM Experience

Chuck Gahun March 17, 2023
With enterprises migrating to digital business models, there is immense demand on your content teams to produce highly dynamic, engaging, and interactive content while strictly managing spend. Your teams are creating content at a rapid pace to keep up with changing consumer demands and demographics, but it is hard for them to collaborate and efficiently […]
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SHARE Atlanta 2023: Preparing The Mainframe For A Hybrid Cloud World

Brent Ellis March 12, 2023
Learn why the common thinking that mainframe is archaic and doesn’t have a place in a cloud environment can be wrong.
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Recommendations From The 2023 Application Development Benchmarks, Europe

Dario Maisto March 10, 2023
The 2023 Application Development Benchmarks, Europe report is now available. This document mirrors the global 2022 Application Development Benchmarks so that European tech execs can read both in conjunction and get an even better picture of application development costs and practices around the world. In this blog, we give some recommendations to consider after reading […]
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Computer Vision Technology Is A Promising Latecomer To The Insurance Market

Indranil Bandyopadhyay March 9, 2023
Computer vision technology is a recent entrant in insurance, but it has the potential to revolutionize how insurers process claims, identify fraud, and evaluate risk.
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Forr The Planet: Sustainability Interview Series — Mary de Wysocki, Chief Sustainability Officer at Cisco

Abhijit Sunil March 7, 2023
Read this interview with Cisco's chief sustainability officer Mary de Wysocki to learn about her priorities in building up the sustainability team and the challenges that lie ahead in the telecommunications sector.

Unlock The Secret To 2023 Tech Success

Attend our predictions webinar on overcoming resource constraints with a focus on resiliency and talent.

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Futureproof Your Tech Workforce With A Skills-Based Talent Model

Join us for a webinar to explore a skills-based hiring model for creating an adaptive pool of tech talent – so you can compete in the fast-paced tech landscape.
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It’s Time To Move To A Business-Value-Aligned Tech Stack — Introducing The Strategic Technology Selection Guides For Enterprise Leaders

Chuck Gahun March 3, 2023
This series helps technology and digital business leaders think beyond traditional software selection methods and master the fundamentals.
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Introducing The Forrester Asset Taxonomy

Carlos Casanova March 3, 2023
The definition of “asset” has broadened well beyond traditional financial boundaries in the earliest days of IT asset management. Technology stakeholders are often confused over what constitutes an asset, and the technologies to enable enterprise asset management frequently add to this confusion.
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Will AI Reinvent Software Development?

What It Means March 2, 2023
Will TuringBots revolutionize the way software is developed? Or will they open developers up to new risks? Vice Presidents and Principal Analysts Diego Lo Giudice and Mike Gualtieri debate the pros and cons of AI for software development in this episode of What It Means.
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Is The Enterprise Architecture Discipline Mature Enough?

Stéphane Vanrechem February 28, 2023
Would it surprise you to know 30% of EA departments are being disbanded? Find out why and how to keep yours from becoming one of them.

Turn 2023 Predictions Into Bold Action

Join us for Predictions 2023 Live to learn how to focus your priorities for success in the year ahead.

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The Future Of Banking Requires Tech-Driven Innovation

Jost Hoppermann February 21, 2023
Over three-quarters of banks are increasing their spending on emerging technologies, creating the potential for hype and fear of missing out. Forrester identified nine emerging technologies that should be on the list of every bank, either now or later. We then organized them according to when firms can expect return on investment and provided details about the technologies and their use cases.
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Great Technology Organizations Have Great Security Organizations

Sandy Carielli February 17, 2023
Forrester has been researching future fit organizations for the past few years, those organizations that have evolved their technology strategy to enable their firm’s customer-obsessed business strategy. Tech organizations fall into three tech strategy buckets: Traditional tech orgs are driven by cost, act as order-takers, and typically follow waterfall methodologies; modern tech orgs evolve to […]
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The SEC’s Proposed Rule On Climate Disclosure Has Teeth, Leaving Supporters And Opponents Simultaneously Unhappy

Alla Valente February 16, 2023
The proposed pivot from suggestion to regulation will require companies to take climate risk seriously — and do a lot of math. All corporations that file with the SEC will need to be prepared.
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Indian CIOs Should Start With Tech Stack And Services Optimization To Become Future Fit

Biswajeet Mahapatra December 19, 2022
Only 7% of Indian firms qualify as future fit. Learn five critical aspects Indian CIOs should review to ensure a successful digital transformation.
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Meet The New EMEA Enterprise Architecture Analyst

Stéphane Vanrechem December 14, 2022
What Topics Will You Be Covering At Forrester? I am part of the Forrester Decisions for Technology Architecture & Delivery service. I will be authoring research for the “Lead A High-Performing Enterprise Architecture Practice” priority. Briefly said, I will help clients be more proficient in the enterprise architecture (EA) discipline from a digital, sustainable, and […]

Prepare Your Infrastructure For 2023 Change

Get our Predictions 2023 guide to explore the infrastructure shifts driving transformation and resiliency.

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Introduction: Chuck Gahun, Principal Analyst For Content Management And Digital Experience Technology

Chuck Gahun December 7, 2022
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.
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Data Mesh In 2023 And Beyond

Michele Goetz December 2, 2022
Clarity, challenges, and opportunities are all part of our 2023 predictions for data mesh.
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Benchmarks Help European IT Leaders Make Critical Investment Decisions

Dario Maisto November 30, 2022
Benchmark data can support the decision-making process, but it can also mislead and bring decision-makers to the wrong conclusions. My recent report, 2022 IT And Digital Budget Benchmarks, Europe, presents relevant benchmark figures to support European technology leaders’ decisions. What To Expect From This Report European IT leaders ask plenty of questions about benchmarking. In […]
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