Architecture & Technology Strategy
Your architecture & technology strategy determines whether your business uses technology effectively … or falls behind competitors. Read Forrester’s insights on best practices, trends, and emerging tech in the architecture & technology space.
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Operational Excellence Starts With Truth And Tracking
Struggling with performance decay? Learn the steps one tiger team at a medical device company took to turn dysfunction into dominance in this case study.
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The Circular Economy: The White Knight Of IT Sustainability In Recycled Armor
Circular economy initiatives often lack a holistic approach, leading to varied interpretations and applications. Learn the six key components that play a crucial role in applying circular economy principles in IT.
The Countdown To 2026 Predictions Has Begun
Don’t miss your chance to lead with confidence. Get early access to Forrester’s expert guidance across marketing, CX, digital, tech, and security.
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Shaping The Future Of The Digital Workplace (With A Punch): Meet Christy Punch
Digital employee experience is no longer optional — it’s essential. In my first Forrester blog, I share my journey, why I joined Forrester, and what’s top of mind for me as I begin identifying where to focus my research to help clients shape the future of the digital workplace.
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Huawei Connect 2025: Building AI Infrastructure In A Sanctioned World
Huawei Connect 2025 was more than showing off new products. This year topics such as export controls and supply chain constraints dominated the conversation. Find out more in this event review.
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Forrester’s 2025 Enterprise Architecture Award Winner And Runner-Up For EMEA
Forrester is proud to announce Philip Morris International as the winner of the 2025 Enterprise Architecture Award for EMEA, with Saudi Telecom Company as the runner-up. Learn more about their EA strategies in this post and at Technology & Innovation Summit EMEA.
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Forrester’s 2025 Technology Strategy Impact Award Winner And Runners-Up For EMEA
Forrester is proud to announce mBank as the winner of the 2025 Technology Strategy Impact Award for EMEA, with TBC Bank and Philip Morris International as runners-up.
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Tencent Targets Overseas Markets With Its TCE Sovereign Cloud Offering
Find out more about Tencent’s sovereign cloud solution, Tencent Cloud Enterprise, which it is using to pursue overseas business expansion.
Gain Stakeholder Buy-In For Your Tech Strategy In 4 Steps
Build consensus with our tech strategy guide! Use our 4-step framework and customizable strategy-on-a-page template to align stakeholders, define your vision, and map your IT strategy.
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A Tale Of Two Engines: Meet The New Tencent
At the fifth Tencent Cloud International Summit, as part of the company’s wider Global Digital Ecosystem Summit in Shenzhen, Tencent made its strategic direction clear: It is accelerating two engines to drive future growth.
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Splunk .conf25: Cisco, AI, And Data
The 10th annual Splunk .conf took place in Boston recently. From the opening keynote to various new product releases and enhancements, get a full review of the event in this post.
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The Technology Lifecycle Never Goes Away
Technical debt isn’t just a developer headache anymore — it’s a strategic business risk. Learn how technology lifecycle management can be a practical lever to pull to stop technical debt from overwhelming your organization.
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The End Of Business Apps As We Know Them Is Here
The agentic business fabric is not just an evolution of current business applications; it is also a new paradigm designed for autonomous operation, perpetual learning, and optimization. Find out why in this preview of a new report.
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Your Mindset And Tech Strategy Are Linked
What drove a large consumer packaged goods brand to overhaul its tech approach to a more modern composable strategy? Find out in this preview of a new case study.
Missed It Live? Watch Forrester’s Take On 2026 Scenario Planning
Couldn’t make it to the live session? Watch this on-demand webinar to learn how tech leaders are applying scenario planning to budget smarter, balance AI and human talent, and build resilient strategies for whatever 2026 brings.
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Is Your IT Organization A Ponzi Scheme?
Is your IT organization funding yesterday’s technology shortcuts with today’s headcount? Learn how to identify technical debt “doom loops” that keep organizations trapped and how to break the cycle in this preview of our upcoming Technology & Innovation Summits.
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Virtual Roundtable: Forrester’s Technology & Security Summit Sneak Peek
Watch the replay our our virtual roundtable to get a first look at the insights behind our upcoming Technology & Innovation and Security & Risk Summits!
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How Agentic AI Elevates The Enterprise Architect’s Role
As agentic AI becomes embedded in enterprise architecture tools, it’s not just automating tasks — it’s redefining the architect’s role. Learn five things enterprise architects can do to adapt to their new reality.
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Navigate With Confidence The Migration Options For SAP ECC Customers
The clock is ticking on SAP ECC’s end-of-support date in 2027, and the big question requiring your attention is: What’s your plan to get to SAP S/4HANA cloud? Learn the options in this preview of an upcoming peer discussion for Forrester clients.
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Commercial Software Spend Will Reach $1.7 Trillion By 2029 And See Double-Digit Growth
As the global economy braces for slower trade growth and geopolitical tensions, the software industry continues to defy economic headwinds with robust expansion. Software infrastructure is set to grow 13.4% through 2029 while application software grows at a more subdued 9.5%. Learn more in our newly released commercial software forecast.
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Mastering The Tightrope: How Strategic Portfolio Management Transforms Tech Leadership
CIOs routinely face a frustrating dilemma that drives them to ask the question: Am I truly spending the company’s money as effectively as possible? The answer lies in strategic portfolio management. Learn how this discipline is transforming how tech organizations approach their most critical decisions.
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AWS Makes Agentic Push At AWS Summit New York City 2025
AWS Summit New York City is a smaller cousin to the re:Invent mega-conference set for the late fall in Las Vegas, so most big announcements tend to wait until that event, but agentic AI won’t wait, despite its relatively modest take-up to date.
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Optimize Your Provider Ecosystem For Maximum Business Value
The struggle to balance single- and multisourcing decisions is pervasive. Because service engagement decisions are fragmented across the organization and made at the portfolio level — not the enterprise level — companies are constantly at odds.
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