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The Insurance Industry’s Data Posture Is An Existential Risk

Rohit Makhijani March 5, 2025
Insurers collect a wealth of data, but only a few have found ways to harness its true potential. Most insurance business and technology leaders have very low confidence in their data assets’ ability to meet customer and competitive demands. Almost all incumbent insurance companies support disparate lines of business and individual parts of the value […]
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It’s Time To Define Your Professional Existence And Articulate Your Story

Kim Herrington February 27, 2025
The urgency of telling your story as a data or technology leader within the current corporate landscape cannot be overstated. As we navigate these turbulent times, the ability to articulate your professional identity clearly and compellingly has emerged as a critical lifeline. Let this be the moment you choose to define your existence within your organization and beyond.

2025 Tech Predictions: Your Must-Have Guide

From AI’s impact to cloud evolution and smarter workflows for the SDLC and AIOps, 2025 is set to be a big year for tech. Download our Predictions guide to see if you’re on track to make the most of these changes.

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OpenAI’s o3: Hype Or A Real Step Toward AGI?

Brian Hopkins December 23, 2024
OpenAI’s new o3 and o3-mini models are generating excitement with claims of advanced reasoning capabilities, fueling the artificial general intelligence debate. Learn more about the opportunities and challenges of these models for organizations looking to get more impact from AI.
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Deciphering The Data Clean Room Landscape

Stephanie Liu December 18, 2024
The data clean room market is a bit of an anomaly: It’s both an established and emerging market.
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Get From Data To Decisions Faster With Our New Data, AI & Analytics Service

Srividya Sridharan September 10, 2024
Data and AI leaders today must create business value from trusted data, build the foundation to scale AI, and cultivate a data-driven culture. To help them meet these challenges, Forrester is launching Forrester Decisions for Data, AI & Analytics. Learn more about this new service and how it can benefit your organization.
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From Pixels To Perception: The Impact Of Foundation Models For Vision

Indranil Bandyopadhyay September 6, 2024
Large-scale AI models trained on extensive datasets are shifting computer vision toward more adaptable and scalable solutions.
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AI Is Now A Core Capability Of BI Platforms

Boris Evelson August 7, 2024
AI capabilities are showing up in nearly all business intelligence platforms. Read this blog to learn seven things AI is now responsible for within most BI platforms and get a preview of our upcoming research on BI platforms.

Plan Your IT & Security Budgets For 2025 Success

Watch our on-demand technology budget planning webinar. Get benchmarks for strategic investments, divestments, and experiments to maximize business value from 2025 tech and security spending.

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Level Up Your AI Data Maturity At Forrester’s Technology & Innovation Summit North America

Zeid Khater August 7, 2024
Struggling to effectively process, analyze, and utilize constantly changing data spread across various systems? Learn three key competencies to help develop a data maturity plan of action in this preview of an upcoming workshop.
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Wasn’t Generative AI Supposed To Disrupt Business Intelligence?

Boris Evelson July 25, 2024
Generative AI was supposed to disrupt how we analyze data using BI tools. Find out why that hasn't happened yet.
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Synthetic Data: Meet The Unsung Catalyst In AI Acceleration

Zeid Khater July 1, 2024
Synthetic data is not a new phenomena but generative AI-based synthetic data is rapidly becoming the unsung hero of AI development. Find out why in this preview of the upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit North America.
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Why Are Vector Databases Critical For AI Strategy? Find Out At This Year’s Technology & Innovation Summit!

Noel Yuhanna June 27, 2024
Traditional databases are proving insufficient for generative AI models, which often operate in high-dimensional spaces and require searching for similarities. Learn how vector databases can help fill the gap in this preview of a session at the upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit North America.
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The ABCDs Of Intelligence — Databricks Makes New Announcements To Pursue Automated Data Intelligence

Noel Yuhanna June 25, 2024
Get six key takeaways from the recent Databricks annual conference including its acquisition of Tabular and a Nvidia partnership.
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Forrester’s AI Webinar Series: Navigate The Choppy And Exciting Waters Of Enterprise AI

Sudha Maheshwari June 7, 2024
AI is having — and will continue to have — a profound impact on how data scientists, software engineers, and other job functions perform their roles. Get tips on how to define, build, and implement your enterprise AI strategy with the help of Forrester's AI Advantage client webinar series.
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Unleash The Power Of Tech: Technology & Innovation Summit North America

Matthew Guarini June 6, 2024
Technology and data leaders are at a pivotal moment, being pressed to chart a path that capitalizes on new and emerging technology to drive meaningful business results. Learn how Forrester’s annual Technology & Innovation Summit North America can help you get there.
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Data Governance: Your Key To Unlocking An Insights-Driven Business

Jayesh Chaurasia February 5, 2024
The key to turning data into meaningful and actionable insights across the organization lies in a frequently overlooked area — establishing a strong foundation of data governance.
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Tap Into The Potential Of Synthetic Data For AIOps

Carlos Casanova January 19, 2024
Learn how leveraging synthetic data can help with the critical time to realize AIOps value, such as autoremediation capabilities and enhanced decision-making.
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Orbiting Back On A Year Of Generative AI As We Slingshot Ourselves Into The Future

Rowan Curran November 29, 2023
A year after the release of ChatGPT, we take a look back at where it all started, where things stand today, and where we can expect generative AI to go in 2024 and beyond.
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Your Data Culture Is DOA

Kim Herrington November 21, 2023
In Forrester’s Data Culture And Literacy Survey, 2023, we uncovered key insights about the state of data culture in organizations. Shockingly, nearly half of employees lack the ability to search for existing insights and struggle to find reports, data sets, and insights. Don’t miss out on gaining a competitive advantage by revitalizing your data culture.
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New Company To Focus On Data Leadership And Literacy In The AI Era

Kim Herrington October 16, 2023
Learn more about the recent announcement from Growth Catalyst Partners outlining the formation of a new company to help improve data literacy and data communications.
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Supercharging Data Fabrics With Generative AI

Noel Yuhanna September 8, 2023
With the explosion of interest in generative AI and large language models, data fabric is poised to accelerate data democratization. Find out why.
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