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Redefining Operations With Aerial Drones
As physical automation advances, aerial drones are becoming a powerful tool for overcoming operational challenges. Learn more about the benefits, use cases, and risks of aerial drones in this preview of a new report.
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Public-Sector IT Leaders: It’s Time To Prioritize The Right Emerging Technologies
Learn the 11 emerging technologies that all public-sector IT leaders should be watching and get insight on how these technologies will shape the next decade of government transformation.
Ultimate Guide To The Top 10 Emerging Technologies
Discover the top 10 emerging technologies shaping 2025, based on Forrester’s exhaustive research. Explore the impact, use cases, and benefit horizons of technologies like agentic AI, synthetic data, quantum security, and more.
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SAP Sapphire 2025: What Tech Leaders Need To Know
SAP Sapphire 2025 featured a flood of updates, from partnerships with Palantir and Perplexity to sweeping changes in pricing and packaging. But the real story was SAP’s repositioning of AI as the enterprise operating system. Learn more in this SAP Sapphire 2025 review.
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Call For Entries! The Forrester Data & AI Impact Award
Forrester is accepting nominations for the Data & AI Impact Award, which recognizes enterprise data and AI initiatives that drive business outcomes. Find out more about the award and how to apply.
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Great News! We’re Extending The Deadline For The 2025 Forrester APAC Technology Awards
The extended deadline to submit your nominations for the APAC region is Monday, June 9. Learn more about how to apply and what makes a strong application in this blog.
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Eaton’s Solutions By The Sea Data Center Vision And Partner Conference: Predicting The Future Of Data Centers
Get a quick review of some of the sessions and topic covered at Eaton’s Solutions by the Sea data center vision and partner conference.
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Agentic AI And IT Maturity: Bridging The Gap Between ServiceNow’s Vision And The IT Reality
The ServiceNow Knowledge 2025 event unveiled ambitious advancements in AI-driven enterprise technology, with a focus on autonomous workflows, unified data platforms, and human-machine collaboration. Key announcements included the launch of the AI Control Tower for managing AI agents, the expansion of Workflow Data Fabric to unify disparate data sources, and the intent to acquire data.world […]
Three Bold Ways To Spotlight Your Tech Excellence
Seize your chance to earn a prestigious Forrester award for innovation in tech strategy, enterprise architecture, or data & AI. Elevate your team and show the world what true trailblazers look like.
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Global Capability Centers Add Depth, Not Just Breadth, To Your Tech Workforce
Global capability centers (GCCs) are surging in popularity. Nasscom’s recently concluded GCC Summit 2025 showcased the evolution of the country’s rapidly evolving GCC ecosystem.
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Unlock Optimization Opportunities: The Golden Thread From CX To Value Streams
In today’s volatile business environment, executives face the dual challenge of optimizing costs while maintaining exceptional customer experiences. Our new report, The Golden Thread From CX To Value Streams Reveals Optimization Opportunities, offers a strategic approach to navigating these complexities.
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The Evolution From Continuous Automation Testing Platforms To Autonomous Testing Platforms: A New Era In Software Testing
For years, continuous automation testing (CAT) platforms have been the gold standard for reducing manual testing and ensuring comprehensive coverage across diverse environments. But with the advent of generative AI (genAI) and large language models (LLMs), we are entering a new era: the rise of autonomous testing platforms.
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Driving IT Excellence With AIOps: Key Insights For Future Success
Discover how AIOps revolutionizes IT operations with essential functionalities, advanced capabilities, and strategies to overcome adoption challenges, as detailed in Forrester’s “Drive IT Excellence with AIOps” report.
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Navigating Tariff Uncertainty: A Looming Threat To IT Services And Their Customers
The element of surprise has been a characteristic of the Trump administration’s approach to tariff negotiations and this week’s announcement that US GDP was down 0.3% for the first quarter indicates that some imbalances are already developing as a result. Learn five ways this uncertainty will impact the IT services market.
Technology Leader's Toolkit For Managing Technical Debt
Learn how to manage technical debt and make the most of emerging technology with this guide.
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Schneider Electric Data Center Summit 2025: AI, Power, Cooling, Services, And More
Schneider Electric’s 2025 industry summit focused on data centers and exhibited presentations covering a variety of data center topics, along with a tour of its manufacturing facilities showcasing the company’s production and testing expertise, as well as the following in-depth topics and session: The data center landscape How the rapid growth of generative AI has […]
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Transforming Enterprise Business Apps With Powerful AI Ecosystems And Marketplaces
We can’t emphasize enough the importance of interconnected networks and ecosystems to the enterprise application software market. Industry cloud providers and hyperscalers possess several key advantages in nurturing and leading these innovation networks. So what does this acceleration of AI software and services on industry cloud and hyperscaler marketplaces mean? Well, it depends on the […]
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XR Steps Back, AI Steps Up: The Shake-Up In Our 2025 Emerging Technologies
Forrester’s 2025 top 10 emerging technologies report reveals a major shift in the tech landscape, driven by AI acceleration and changing market dynamics. Longtime list members extended reality and Zero Trust edge are stepping back, making room for two fast-moving innovations — one of which was virtually unknown just a year ago. The earlier release gives tech leaders more time to strategize and align with upcoming breakthroughs in AI and beyond.
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The AI Effect: Pervasive, Promising, And Pressing
AI is rapidly transforming industries, and clients are seeking guidance on how to invest wisely and measure ROI amid the hype. As AI continues to evolve, trust in data, models, and outcomes will be crucial for scaling and realizing its full potential. The future of AI is about balancing innovation with careful planning to stay ahead without being overwhelmed.
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Intel Vision 2025 Event: An Iconic American Semiconductor Tech Titan
After the announcement of Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan and the decision to keep both Products and Foundry businesses, Forrester went to Intel Vision 2025 looking for more details about the company’s turnaround plan.
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Once More Unto The Breach: Tech Leaders Face Another Year Of Volatility And Cuts
In today’s era of volatility, technology leaders will need to do more with even less. This means dusting off the cost-cutting playbook to seek out additional optimization opportunities without sacrificing your AI ambitions. Here are a few cost-cutting measures to focus on in the near term.
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The Augmented Architect: Real-Time Enterprise Architecture In The Age Of AI
What if the EA function was no longer confined to episodic review and disconnected models? This is the emerging reality — a direct consequence of the operationalization of architecture via closed feedback loops, AI agents, large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and dynamic graph-based systems.
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Fujitsu Steps On To The Global Quantum Computing Stage
At its recent quantum computing conference, Fujitsu highlighted its all-in strategy on quantum computing. Find out more in this review of the event.
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