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The Chief Information Officer (CIO) plays a crucial and complicated role in today’s enterprises. Read insights on how to balance innovation with practicality; the power of big data with customer privacy; and the opportunities of new tech with its accompanying risks.
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Introducing Forrester’s IT Spend Management Framework
Learn how mastering three indispensable capabilities — visibility, control, and optimization — can help you and your team align expenditures with strategic imperatives, realize cost savings, and fuel the innovation needed to thrive.
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CIOs: Embrace A Modern Network For Transformation Success
Transformation is only successful if it is accompanied by change within the organization. Learn how the modern CIO network can help technology leaders build relationships and drive change.
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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New AI Lessons In Coding, Marketing, And Product Design
In this episode, we look at how to avoid the risks of AI-enabled tools in three common business use cases: coding, marketing, and product design. The key takeaway from all three areas: There’s still a strong need to have a human in the loop to review your AI outputs.
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Organization And Social Network Analysis: How It Can Revolutionize Your Operating Model
Despite well-defined hierarchies and formal reporting structures, many companies struggle with silos, bottlenecks, and suboptimal performance. Learn three key approaches that can help.
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IBM Think 2025: A Bold Step Toward AI-First Enterprise Transformation
Get Forrester's five key takeaways from the recent IBM Think 2025 event and our five pieces of advice for technology leaders based on what we heard.
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The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Defining IT’s Role In A Seismic Shift
Generative AI is making the dream of continuous, intelligence-driven improvement in enterprise operations a reality. Find out how IT can lead the transformation in this preview of our upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit in Sydney.
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Master Tech Mayhem: Technology & Innovation Summit APAC
For technology leaders in APAC, the pressing question is no longer about whether AI will transform your business but how you will leverage AI to lead your organization through global volatility and escalating costs. Learn how Technology & Innovation Summit APAC will equip you with the skills, practices, and platforms you need to master today’s tech mayhem and and navigate a volatile environment.
Turn Uncertainty Into Opportunity
Market volatility isn’t a roadblock — it’s your launchpad. With Forrester’s expert resources, you can optimize costs, lead with confidence, and turn challenges into growth.
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The Future Is Now With AIOps: Transforming IT Operations In Volatile Times
AIOps is changing the game for IT teams — helping them make smarter decisions, bounce back faster from issues, and keep customers happy. Find out how businesses are using it to stay ahead in today’s fast-moving world.
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S3NS Summit Highlights Sovereignty And Trusted Cloud Progress
S3NS, established three years ago, is a cloud hosting company that aims to deliver a sovereign and secure cloud solution for the French market. Formed as a joint venture between Google and Thales, S3NS adheres to strict governance rules to ensure compliance with French sovereignty requirements.
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US Tariffs Have Upended The Asia Pacific Tech Outlook For 2025
The shifts in global trade policy induced by the US government’s tariffs have introduced global economic uncertainty which will impact the tech spending outlook in APAC. Learn more about the drivers and impacts of the ongoing volatility in this post.
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Microsoft Races To Reassure Anxious Tech Execs In Europe
Increasing geopolitical volatility has characterized the last three years in Europe and is reaching new heights. Learn what Microsoft has committed to do and what tech executives should watch out for.
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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.
Discover 10 Top Emerging Technologies For 2025
Missed our live emerging technologies webinar? Watch the replay featuring Forrester VP Brian Hopkins unveiling the top emerging technologies that made our 2025 list and the benefit horizons for each.
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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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SLED CIOs: Brace For DOGE Impact
State CIOs now stand at a critical junction — caught between the promise of streamlined, citizen-centric government and the peril of hollowed-out public institutions dressed in the language of reform. Your next move determines whether your DOGE effort becomes a blueprint for smart reform — or a cautionary tale.
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Google’s Monopolies, Microsoft’s AI Agents, Intel’s Latest Deal
In this episode, we look at a major legal ruling that could shake up the adtech market, some new capabilities to make AI agents even smarter, and a tech industry deal that could breathe new life into a struggling giant.
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Oracle’s Data Breach Silence, Tariff Impacts, Homegrown Social Influencers
In this episode, we look at the ongoing fallout from two healthcare data breaches involving Oracle servers and what the on-again, off-again tariffs could mean for CIOs. Then we discuss the rising prominence of social media influencers in the B2B space — and why tapping your own employees could be a smart move.
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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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Key Takeaways From The Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence Platforms, Q2 2025
Get two key takeaways from our latest evaluation of business intelligence platform offerings, which are contrary to the common narrative on business intelligence.
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CIOs: Use Scenario Planning To Prepare For The Impact Of Tariffs On IT Costs
To navigate the impact of tariffs on IT costs, identify worst-case, best-case, and likely scenarios along with the specific actions needed to mitigate the heightened cost pressures entailed in each scenario.
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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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