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AI Is Turning Unified Storage Into A Strategic Decision

Brent Ellis 16 hours ago
Unified storage has long been treated as a pragmatic, commodity storage investment: Balance cost, simplify operations, move on. In a world of AI enablement and, consequently, downside AI risk, that mindset no longer holds. Agentic, autonomous AI use cases are making storage a strategic decision point to address capability needs, performance requirements, and GRC concerns. AI systems increasingly operate directly on live enterprise data, […]
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Circular IT And Factual ESG Data Are Becoming Architecture Decisions

Stéphane Vanrechem 1 day ago
As global CO₂ emissions continue to rise, IT stands out as one of the fastest‑growing contributors, driven by expanding digital estates, accelerating AI investments, and rapidly growing data center demand. This reality is reshaping expectations for enterprise architecture (EA). Architects are no longer asked only to optimize cost, performance, and resilience. They are increasingly expected […]
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SLED Leaders: Use IT Spend Management To Manage Budget Pressures

Greg Zorella 7 days ago
What does Forrester’s IT spend management framework mean for state, local, and educational (SLED) tech leaders? I connected with Yessica Jones, a former State of Arkansas CIO who recently joined the Forrester team, on this topic, and it produced some interesting observations: SLED tech leaders are not expecting funding cuts. In fact, in a recent […]
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Google Cloud Next 2026: The End Of The AI Pilot Era

Devin Dickerson 7 days ago
Google Cloud Next 2026 opened with Thomas Kurian declaring the end of the AI pilot era and Sundar Pichai comparing the enterprise refrain of last year (“Can we build an agent?”) to today’s: “How do we manage thousands of them?” Google Cloud Next ’26 answers the second question with a single product story: Gemini Enterprise […]
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In An AI World, High-Performance IT Is Mandatory For Business Success

Carlos Casanova April 28, 2026
Technology leaders are operating in an environment defined by constant and accelerating disruption. AI adoption, geopolitical volatility, mounting technical debt, and unrelenting cost pressure demand that IT steps up for its business partners. Simultaneously, the tolerance of IT and CIO failures is waning as quickly, forcing a vision and strategy that goes beyond incremental improvement […]
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The CDO Role Has Changed — And So Has What “Good” Looks Like

Kim Herrington April 2, 2026
The chief data officer role has matured. Today’s CDO must drive decisions, trust, and organizational change — not just deliver insights.
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Why IBM Paid $11B For Real-Time AI, Not Kafka

Mike Gualtieri March 25, 2026
IBM just closed its $11 billion acquisition of Confluent on March 17, 2026, acquiring the data streaming platform that more than 6,500 enterprises — including 40% of the Fortune 500 — rely on to power real-time operations. Confluent was also named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Data Platforms, Q4 2025. The deal could […]
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Why IT Service Management Platform Migrations Fail — And What IT Leaders Must Do Before Switching Platforms

Julie Mohr March 17, 2026
Many IT leaders are reconsidering whether their service management platform still meets the needs of a modern enterprise. Explore the hidden constraints of legacy systems, the risks that derail migrations, and the practices that distinguish successful IT service management transformations from those that fall short.
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From Two Teams To One Conga Line: Conga And PROS Creating Momentum Together

Vicki Brown March 16, 2026

Conga Connect 2026 demonstrated how momentum builds when coordination, connection, and customer focus come together. The event showcased the successful unification of Conga and PROS through a new brand, connected strategy, and clear product roadmap. Customer stories brought the vision to life, highlighting tangible business impact from a more integrated approach for configuring, pricing, and quoting. Like a well-run conga line, the organization is moving forward with purpose.

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From Tickets To Outcomes: Your Service Desk As A Product Team

Julie Mohr March 10, 2026
Traditional service desk models fail to deliver strategic value in today’s digital-first organizations. Discover why IT leaders must reimagine service desks as product teams focused on business outcomes rather than ticket metrics and learn the practical steps required to make the transformation a reality.
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Upcoming Research On Digital Twins For Data Centers

Alvin Nguyen February 26, 2026
This is an announcement of the start of my research into digital twins for data centers. A digital twin is a continuously updated virtual model of a physical system, synchronized with real‑time data from sensors, analytics platforms, and AI systems. This live replica mirrors the behavior, performance, and interdependencies of the system, enabling teams to […]
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SpaceX’s Million‑Satellite Ambition: Visionary Leap Or AI‑Orbit Hype?

Octavio Garcia Granados February 3, 2026
SpaceX’s latest FCC filing signals a bold escalation in the battle for AI infrastructure dominance: a proposal to deploy up to 1 million solar‑powered orbital data‑center satellites — positioning space, not Earth, as the next frontier for compute capacity. Framed as “the most efficient way to meet the accelerating demand for AI computing power” and […]
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Verizon Outage Reignites Reliability Concerns

Octavio Garcia Granados January 15, 2026
On January 14, Verizon experienced a major nationwide cellular service disruption that left subscribers across the country facing significant connectivity issues. Although outage report numbers climbed into the hundreds of thousands, this visible count represents only a small portion of the true impact. As is typical in large‑scale outages, many customers who encountered problems never […]
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Digital Sovereignty: Why Tech Execs Must Act Now

Dario Maisto January 15, 2026
As global tensions continue to rise and cloud adoption accelerates, digital sovereignty has become a board-level topic. Tech execs must now modernize infrastructure, protect autonomy, ensure compliance, and manage geopolitical risk at the same time. As we outlined in a recent report, 2025 showed a clear trend: Digital sovereignty is reshaping public cloud strategy across […]
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VMware Migration Checklist: A Practical Way To Plan And Track

Naveen Chhabra January 5, 2026
VMware migrations are no longer a theoretical exercise. Infrastructure and operations leaders are actively reassessing their VMware environments, driven by cost pressure, licensing uncertainty, and broader platform modernization goals. Learn how Forrester’s new VMware Migration Checklist can bring structure to your VMware migration approach.
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IFS’s Industrial X Unleashed 2025: Opportunities And Risks In Industrial AI

Julie Mohr December 22, 2025
IFS’s Industrial X Unleashed 2025 event promised a future where industrial AI and robotics redefine operations. While the vision is compelling, the journey to digital workers, predictive maintenance, and autonomous workflows is complex.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: AI Infrastructure Solutions, Q4 2025

Naveen Chhabra December 16, 2025
AI infrastructure has crossed an important threshold. Find out why AI infrastructure decisions feel different and how our latest analysis on the AI infrastructure solutions market can help you make more confident decisions.
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Unwrap The Gift Of Business Intelligence At The Edge With Observability Insights

Carlos Casanova December 15, 2025
In today's IT landscape, observability insight needs to extend beyond monitoring IT systems to proactively detect, diagnose, and resolve issues. Learn how in this preview of a new report that demonstrates how insights can be derived from fragmented IT environments that have signals across mobile, IoT, and edge devices.
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Agentic AI In ITSM: Can BMC Helix Deliver On Its Bold Promise?

Julie Mohr December 15, 2025
Discover the truth behind BMC’s bold agentic AI strategy for IT service management. Explore the benefits, risks, and practical steps that IT leaders should take to prepare for autonomous IT operations in 2026.
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Six Months In: What 2025 Taught Me And Why I’m Fired Up For 2026

Tavar James December 9, 2025
2025 has been a year of learning, listening, and building momentum. From packed workshops to powerful storytelling, our events sparked connection and action across industries. Now, we’re raising the bar for 2026 with a bold promise: ideas into action. Here’s what we learned — and what’s next.
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