emerging technology

I speak often with clients about the role of technology in insurance. Of the many innovations we discuss, connected insurance may be the most polarizing. Connected insurance (CI) is nascent across most insurance lines. But evolving consumer preferences and increasing competition from digital-first startups require forward-thinking insurers to harness emerging technology and invest in CI […]

Hard to believe we’re almost three quarters through 2021. Now seems as good a time as any to draw your attention to one of last year’s predictions on insurance. I really like our prediction that connected devices will drive a 50% increase in the usage-based insurance market. Why? Not because the odds of it happening […]

Forrester believes that 2021 is the year that China becomes the epicenter of 5G innovations globally. Learn three reasons why in this blog post.

Marketing content has become the primary way for customer-facing teams to create dialogue as B2B buyer behavior changes and work-from-home limitations cause buyers to engage online to inform prospect and customer buying decisions. Static, one-to-many communications don’t cut it anymore — to win buyers’ increasingly divided attention, content must become more relevant, valuable, and interactive.  Content engagement solutions are an emerging market category that helps B2B […]

Transportation management systems used to focus on streamlining operations and reducing costs. But today, cloud-based systems use advanced technologies to focus more on customer and employee experience. Learn how.

Once you have Kubernetes in production, how does that impact your disaster recovery and business continuity planning?

The goal of innovation consulting is to boost competitive advantage, drive greater differentiation, improve operational efficiencies, create great customer experiences, and streamline innovation project management. Key

Snap just released its newest Augmented Reality (AR) glasses. These fourth generation spectacles build on previous models and represent Snap's growth to AR power and commitment to making consumer-ready AR glasses.

Feature management and experimentation tools assist agile-plus-DevOps teams in achieving progressive delivery. Read more about our recent evaluation of these tools.

Will current tech trends recreate the patterns of the 2010s? VP, Principal Analyst Brian Hopkins makes a call and unveils Forrester’s new "recipe" model for analyzing emerging technology.

Manufacturers used to compete on economies of scale. Design engineers were the only users of product lifecycle management (PLM) systems. Their task was to design the lowest unit-cost piece parts for mass production. But now manufacturers must compete on customization and on time-to-market. It’s why industrial giants have bet their future on software. Drivers and […]

Since its inception, Dell Technologies has had many achievements, of which it should be proud. Dell revolutionized the PC market, made its way into the enterprise data center business, and created the largest tech company of its time. However, the shifting technology industry is forcing Dell to adapt faster than ever, more than ever, and […]

Kubernetes has made a huge impact on how businesses deploy applications and how they adopt cloud. This year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2021 virtual agenda was very broad, touching almost every aspect of both developer and operations journeys. As Lee Sustar noted in his blog earlier this week, Kubernetes is being used in a variety […]

Disaster recovery and data resilience support for Kubernetes workloads has been a hot topic lately, with all the major backup and data resilience vendors scrambling to build more features into their Kubernetes-focused products. My colleague Lee Sustar has been tracking the maturation of Kubernetes and is currently developing advice for enterprises building a full disaster […]

Earth Day 2021: A Small Change Makes A Big Difference Ahead of Earth Day 2021, I recently watched the excellent David Attenborough documentary “The Year Earth Changed.” The most encouraging message is that even a small change in our habits can make a big difference to our planet. Within the first weeks of lockdown, with […]

The world is suffering from a systemic shortage of chips. Worry not, your supply of Cool Ranch Doritos is just fine. The chips I’m talking about here are based on silicon, not potatoes or corn. Semiconductors power just about everything now. Your car is a small data center on wheels. When you do a Zoom […]

近几年，随着人工智能算法的不断突破，自然语言处理（NLP）技术也有了突飞猛进的发展。它很快从一个研究性课题发展成为了全球企业都可应用的成熟技术。知识图谱、智能文档提取以及基于AI的文本分析能力使得NLP技术在各个垂直领域和业务流程中有了更好的应用。点击“阅读更多”了解具体细节。

Like many industries, banking is inundated with emerging technologies. Forrester VPs Martha Bennett and Jost Hoppermann analyze which technologies show promise for banks and which are overhyped.

2020年爆发的新冠疫情并没有带来新的收入来源或商业发展，但它肯定加速了现有技术趋势的发展。其中最为引人注目的技术就要数边缘计算了。但边缘计算的市场却很复杂，点击“阅读更多”了解我们对边缘计算市场2021年的预测。