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Leading Through Volatility: Technology Expert Panel

Lead your tech teams through turbulent times with confidence and precision. Watch this webinar to explore risk management strategies and adaptive change techniques designed for those ready to push back against chaos and thrive where others falter.
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The Evolution From Continuous Automation Testing Platforms To Autonomous Testing Platforms: A New Era In Software Testing

Diego Lo Giudice 2 days ago
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.

Future-Proof Your IT Infrastructure To Combat Volatility

Lead through chaos! Watch our webinar to thrive in uncertain times with our Three E’s Framework for managing risk, cutting costs, and building a resilient IT infrastructure.

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Forrester’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies For 2025: Automation Evolves, Robots Rise, And Synthetic Data Steps Forward

Brian Hopkins 2 days ago
Emerging technology isn’t just speeding up — it’s splintering into newer, riskier, and more powerful directions. Learn three noteworthy changes to this year’s top 10 emerging technologies list and one foundational truth that hasn’t changed in this preview of our upcoming webinar and new report.
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Driving IT Excellence With AIOps: Key Insights For Future Success

Carlos Casanova 2 days ago
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.
Podcast

Google’s Monopolies, Microsoft’s AI Agents, Intel’s Latest Deal

What It Means May 1, 2025
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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Leading Through Tech Workforce Changes

Fiona Mark April 16, 2025
Many organizations, especially federal agencies, are facing unprecedented upheaval as they implement large-scale workforce reductions.
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Key Takeaways From The Forrester Wave™: Business Intelligence Platforms, Q2 2025

Boris Evelson April 10, 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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Where Governance Goes Wrong: You Must Make Data Governance A Cultural Competency

Kim Herrington April 4, 2025
Most governance programs focus on control but fail to embed governance into the organization’s culture and decision-making process. They lack the human-centered roles that make governance successful.
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Intel Vision 2025 Event: An Iconic American Semiconductor Tech Titan

Alvin Nguyen April 4, 2025
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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Once More Unto The Breach: Tech Leaders Face Another Year Of Volatility And Cuts

Lauren Nelson April 3, 2025
In today’s era of volatility, technology leaders will need to do more with even less. This means dusting off the cost-cutting playbook to seek out additional optimization opportunities without sacrificing your AI ambitions. Here are a few cost-cutting measures to focus on in the near term.
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VMware/Siemens: A Cautionary Tale About The Risks Of Software And Services Licensing

Brent Ellis April 1, 2025
Litigation has become the default method for companies to resolve disagreements, force accountability, and establish recourse for everything from breach-related failures to contractual disagreements. A recent lawsuit filed by VMware (now owned by Broadcom) against its customer, Siemens’ US operations, for alleged use of unlicensed software is not unique and should serve as a stark […]
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European Tech Spend Grows 5% In 2025 To Reach €1.4 Trillion

Michael O'Grady March 26, 2025
In 2025, European technology spending will see a significant uptick of 5% to reach a monumental €1.4 trillion. Find out which sectors and categories will drive the growth in this preview of our annual European tech market forecast.
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Visualize, Control, And Optimize Your Spend With Software Asset Management Tools

Biswajeet Mahapatra March 25, 2025
In a climate of economic and political uncertainty, tech budgets are under pressure. According to Forrester’s Industry- And Customer-Supporting Software Survey, 2025, 23% of organizations cite budget as their number one software challenge.
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SUSECON 25: Expanding Open Source In Cloud, Edge, And AI

Michele Pelino March 24, 2025
At its recent SUSECON 25 event, SUSE revealed a rebranded portfolio focused on four key platforms. Learn more about those changes and how they could impact your technology plans in this review of the event.
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Call For Entries: The 2025 Enterprise Architecture Awards

Charles Betz March 24, 2025
Forrester is thrilled to announce the opening of nominations for the 2025 global Enterprise Architecture Awards. Learn more about this year’s awards and how to apply here.
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Siemens Data Center Analyst Event Touches On A Variety Of Topics

Alvin Nguyen March 14, 2025
Curious about Siemens' latest data center strategy? Get some key highlights from the recent Siemens analyst event.
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Let The Service Management Agentic AI Race Begin

Julie Mohr March 14, 2025
As vendors race to integrate AI-driven solutions into their offerings, we explore how agentic AI is revolutionizing service management, why it matters now, and what the future holds for service management automation.
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The Graphic Future Of IT Management

Charles Betz March 10, 2025
IT management platforms are evolving from forms and workflow-driven systems into systems based on intelligent, interconnected knowledge graphs. Learn how and why in this post.
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Software Giants’ Q4 2024 Earnings: Tech Executives Are Still Responding

Faram Medhora March 5, 2025
Our deep dive into the Q4 2024 earnings of 11 enterprise software companies revealed an accelerated drive toward AI, a sharper focus on cloud costs, and a surge in platform consolidation.
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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.
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