Automation
Automation can fuel efficiency and accelerate growth. But the margin for error is significant and the implications for firms and employees are massive.
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The AI Automation Fallacy
Stop chasing the automation rainbow. The hard truth is that pushing AI to replace people often breaks the very processes you’re trying to fix. We explore why “productivity” doesn’t always mean fewer FTEs and how to shift your strategy from headcount reduction to human empowerment.
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AI Changes The Intelligent Document Processing Market
The only constant in our world is change. This axiom was proven once again during Forrester’s research into intelligent document processing (IDP) for the 2025 update to our document mining and analytics platforms (DMAPs) landscape report. Here’s some of what we found. In the DMAP space, where IDP is the most common use case, generative/agentic […]
Predictions 2026: Your Planning Starts Here
2026 will demand proof, not promises. Explore Forrester’s Predictions resources — guides, webinars, and blogs — to plan smarter, lead with trust, and stay ahead of disruption.
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Beyond Scheduling: The New Era Of Intelligent Workload Automation
Modern businesses need solutions that are agile, responsive, and proactive. Automation must do more than execute tasks: It needs to enable faster decisions, reduce complexity, and free your team from firefighting to focus on innovating. This research uncovers the six forces driving the shift to smarter workload automation. These aren’t just trends — they’re challenges that businesses must address to stay competitive.
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Don’t Fear Being ODD — Embrace Observability-Driven Development For Faster, Safer Innovation
Discover why observability-driven development (ODD) is the key to faster, safer, and smarter DevOps pipelines. Learn how to shift from reactive firefighting to proactive innovation.
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Slot New Robot Workers Into Your Business Workflows
Paul Miller explores IFS’s and SAP’s visions for a future when robots will be integrated into the tools already used to manage human workers.
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Predictions 2026: Manufacturers Double Down On Basics And Plan For The Future
In the year ahead, leaders will be forced to balance incremental improvement and capacity building with a few targeted investments in the technologies they’ll need tomorrow. Explore our predictions for the smart manufacturing and mobility sectors.
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Predictions 2026: How Financial Services Can Thrive Amid AI Disruption
For financial institutions, lingering trust concerns, regulatory constraints, and the relentless pace of innovation loom large. The question isn’t whether to adapt — it’s how fast and how boldly they can pivot to thrive in a zero-click, machine-driven future.
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Cognite Lets Customers Demonstrate The Power Of Industrial AI
Like many of its peers and competitors, industrial software provider Cognite talks a lot about AI. But unlike some competitors, Cognite has real customer deployments — at scale — to talk about and used its recent Impact event in Houston to showcase them.
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LocWorld54 Shows Why Localization Can Be The Next Strategic Powerhouse — And What’s Holding It Back
For decades, B2B companies have viewed localization as an operational necessity to translate words, keep websites up to date, and support global product launches. That outdated view doesn’t hold up anymore. Businesses today need to evolve localization in the age of AI. Find out how in this review of the recent LocWorld54 conference.
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Future-Proof Your Choice Of Customer Service Solution
Customer service applications are becoming bloated with features that users can’t or won’t use. Find out how AI can help in this preview of our new report, The Customer Service Solutions Landscape, Q3 2025.
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Key Takeaways From Basware’s Austin VIP Customer Event
Basware hosted its annual VIP Customer Event in Austin, Texas, on October 22–24, marking the company’s 40th anniversary. The gathering highlighted a strong sense of community among attendees and offered a window into Basware’s customer-driven innovation culture. From the discussions and sessions during the event, several insights stood out: Invoice lifecycle management. Basware introduced the […]
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Recorded Future Predict 2025: Intelligence To Operations … And Now To Action
Recorded Future held its Predict Global 2025 conference in New York City recently. Get some key highlights from the conference as well as a look ahead to the vendor’s Predict Europe 2025 event.
New For 2026! Tech Budget Planning Guide + Workbook
Simplify your 2026 tech budget planning! Download our guide and workbook for recommendations, benchmarks, and actionable templates to help you assess, prioritize, and implement investments.
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Today’s Leaders Must Heed AI Advice For Future Disruptors
Startup founders, investors, technologists, and operators are all working frantically to get an early jump onto the AI train. Find out why and get more of the key takeaways from the recent Startup Boston Week event.
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IAA Mobility Is Still A Car Show
Forrester analysts visited the IAA Mobility trade show in Munich this year. Here’s some of what they saw and some of what they missed.
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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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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Translation Management Systems, Q3 2025, Our Inaugural Evaluation Of The Market
Localization in 2025 is about delivering personalized, context-aware experiences at every touchpoint. It’s more outcome-oriented than ever, aimed at helping businesses thrive in multilingual, multicultural global markets.
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Introducing The Insurance Agency Management Systems Landscape, Q3 2025
Insurance policyholders today want personalized service, seamless communication, and lightning-fast responsiveness. To deliver on these expectations, agencies are turning to a powerful ally: insurance agency management systems (AMSes). Find out more about the AMS market and the value these systems deliver.
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Announcing The Evaluation Of The Adaptive Process Orchestration Market
Adaptive process orchestration is Forrester’s framework for enabling autonomous operations by integrating AI agents, nondeterministic control flows, and traditional automation technologies to manage complex business processes. As enterprises scale automation, Forrester will launch an adaptive process orchestration landscape report in early Q2 2026 to guide leaders in navigating this emerging category and selecting the right orchestration platforms.
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Infrastructure As Platform: Conquering Chaos In The Agentic Era Requires A New Foundation
Enterprises must transform traditional infrastructure into strategic platforms that drive innovation, resilience, and adaptability to address the agentic era. Learn why well-aligned, future-proof infrastructure is key to enabling intelligent business ecosystems and achieving enterprise goals in this preview of our upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit.
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GenAI Reshapes Shopping And Revives SEO
The multibillion-dollar question I’m often asked is: Will a critical mass of consumers shop and check out on Google’s AI Mode, ChatGPT, and Perplexity? Consumers’ loyalty to convenience makes a “yes” most likely. Thirty-eight percent of US online adults, according to Forrester’s Retail Topic Insights 1 Survey, 2025, checked how fast products would arrive before […]
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