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Announcing Our Top 10 Cloud Trends For 2025

Lee Sustar 6 hours ago
Cloud used to be a sleepy space, but not anymore. Today, the top cloud trends are the top business trends. Learn three of the top 10 cloud trends for 2025 in this preview of a new report.
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What To Expect At KubeCon North America 2025

Lee Sustar 2 days ago
Kubernetes is evolving from a cloud-native foundation to an AI-native enabler. Get a preview of what to expect at the upcoming KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 event in Atlanta on November 10–13.

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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Are You Ready To Rethink How You Manage Tech Spend?

Greg Zorella 3 days ago
According to Forrester’s Priorities Survey, 2025, almost 30% of enterprises exceeded their IT budgets in 2024, indicating a strategic failure beyond mere budgeting issues. Find out how high-performance IT organizations are merging FinOps and IT finance to manage technology spend more effectively.
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Minimum Viable Sovereignty: A Smarter Path For Tech Leaders

Dario Maisto September 29, 2025
Sovereignty is no longer optional. Geopolitical tensions, tariffs, and regulatory pressures have made digital sovereignty a permanent concern for tech leaders. But chasing full sovereignty across your IT stack can lead to decision paralysis, ballooning costs, and operational complexity. Instead, organizations should aim for what Forrester calls minimum viable sovereignty — a pragmatic, risk-based approach […]
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Tencent Targets Overseas Markets With Its TCE Sovereign Cloud Offering

Dario Maisto September 23, 2025
Find out more about Tencent’s sovereign cloud solution, Tencent Cloud Enterprise, which it is using to pursue overseas business expansion.
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A Tale Of Two Engines: Meet The New Tencent

Charlie Dai September 17, 2025
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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AWS Makes Agentic Push At AWS Summit New York City 2025

Bill Martorelli August 13, 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.

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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Optimize Your Provider Ecosystem For Maximum Business Value

Bill Martorelli August 13, 2025
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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Navigating The Geopolitical Cloud: ASEAN’s Diverse Approach To Digital Sovereignty

Sam Higgins August 12, 2025
What we’re now observing in Southeast Asia is a more nuanced and strategically driven “diverse cloud” approach that directly addresses concerns around US foreign policy uncertainty and the imperative for localized data control.
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From Digital Sovereignty Platforms To Sovereign Cloud Platforms: Three Reasons For A Title Change

Dario Maisto August 11, 2025
Learn how increased complexity and additional market factors led us to rethink the title of our upcoming Forrester Landscape report on digital sovereignty platforms
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Forrester’s 2025 Enterprise Architecture Awards Winner And Runners-Up For APAC

Charlie Dai August 3, 2025
Congratulations to the Hong Kong Jockey Club, this year’s winner of the Enterprise Architecture Award in APAC, and runners-up AIA Group and Nan Shan Life Insurance Company. Learn how excellent EA practices helped all three align their IT strategies with business objectives, empowering them to accelerate business innovation and stay ahead of the curve.
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The Commodity Cloud Era Is Over — The AI-Native Cloud Is Here

Lee Sustar July 30, 2025
CIOs questioning whether hyperscale cloud providers can deliver on their AI promises should follow the money. The numbers tell the story.
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Google Cloud And Oracle Aggressively Discount To Keep US Federal Business

Tracy Woo July 24, 2025
Both Google Cloud and Oracle announced massive price reductions in their contracts under pressure from the General Services Administration, which oversees federal procurement. Learn more about the specifics and the implications of this shift.
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Jekyll And Hyde: The Dual Role Of Disruptive Technologies In Sustainability

Abhijit Sunil July 18, 2025
Disruptive technologies such AI can boost efforts towards some strategic priorities, but can also work against environmental sustainability goals. Learn more about the the dual role played by six of the most important disruptive technologies poised to shape sustainability in 2025.
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Bringing AI To The Core: IBM’s Bets On In-Platform Intelligence

Brent Ellis July 9, 2025
IBM’s 2025 infrastructure refresh isn’t just a silicon upgrade. It’s a performance, TCO, and sovereignty play. Get a detailed breakdown of the update and four clear next steps in this post.
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What International Customers Should Know About Microsoft’s Sovereign Cloud Offerings

Dario Maisto June 30, 2025
Given the increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, Microsoft customers are requesting more details on the company’s digital sovereignty posture. Consequently, Microsoft has now updated its sovereign cloud offerings to include details for Sovereign Public Cloud, Sovereign Private Cloud, and National Partner Cloud. Find out what this means and how it may impact your strategy in this post.
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The Future Of Healthcare Is In The Cloud

Tracy Woo June 24, 2025
Cloud is transforming healthcare by enabling smarter, faster, and more secure care delivery — but challenges such as security, interoperability, and clinician burnout still demand bold innovation.

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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Chaos Is A Ladder: Government Innovation In 2025

Lauren Nelson June 16, 2025
Driven by budget uncertainty, workforce shifts, and the accelerating pace of technology, our government clients are navigating radical change.
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AI Isn’t Cheap — Here’s How To Spend Smarter

Michele Goetz June 12, 2025
While enterprise AI spending remains relatively modest today, the potential for overspending is significant. Most organizations are still experimenting, with only a few production-ready use cases. But that’s about to change.
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FinOps In Government: Why It’s A Different Ball Game

Tracy Woo June 11, 2025
The rush to the cloud, particularly following the pandemic years, led to an alarming spike in cloud costs. Learn why FinOps has only recently been adopted at scale in the US government.
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