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Red Hat Summit 2025: AI, Virtualization, Hybrid Cloud, And The Future Of Enterprise IT

Devin Dickerson 3 days ago
The big question at Red Hat Summit 2025: Will customers continue to embrace more complexity in exchange for openness and flexibility? Get five key points coming out of the event.
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From Legacy ITSM To Proactive Service Management: Why 2025 Is The Year To Rethink Your Strategy

Julie Mohr 6 days ago
The Legacy of IT Service Management Is Holding You Back For more than twenty years, IT Service Management (ITSM) has served as the operational backbone for managing incidents, problems, and changes. Yet in 2025, the complexity of enterprise IT environments has outpaced the frameworks and processes once deemed cutting-edge. Despite improvements in incident response, asset […]

Three Bold Ways To Spotlight Your Tech Excellence

Seize your chance to earn a prestigious Forrester award for innovation in tech strategy, enterprise architecture, or data & AI. Elevate your team and show the world what true trailblazers look like.

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Are Emergency Systems Safe From DOGE Cuts?

Octavio Garcia Granados May 22, 2025
Are emergency communications services dodging the DOGE cuts? Learn some of the direct and indirect impacts as well as the collateral-impact angles in this post.
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Eaton’s Solutions By The Sea Data Center Vision And Partner Conference: Predicting The Future Of Data Centers

Alvin Nguyen May 19, 2025
Get a quick review of some of the sessions and topic covered at Eaton’s Solutions by the Sea data center vision and partner conference.
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Agentic AI And IT Maturity: Bridging The Gap Between ServiceNow’s Vision And The IT Reality

Julie Mohr May 19, 2025
The ServiceNow Knowledge 2025 event unveiled ambitious advancements in AI-driven enterprise technology, with a focus on autonomous workflows, unified data platforms, and human-machine collaboration. Key announcements included the launch of the AI Control Tower for managing AI agents, the expansion of Workflow Data Fabric to unify disparate data sources, and the intent to acquire data.world […]
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The Future Is Now With AIOps: Transforming IT Operations In Volatile Times

Carlos Casanova May 14, 2025
AIOps is changing the game for IT teams — helping them make smarter decisions, bounce back faster from issues, and keep customers happy. Find out how businesses are using it to stay ahead in today’s fast-moving world.
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S3NS Summit Highlights Sovereignty And Trusted Cloud Progress

Stéphane Vanrechem May 13, 2025
S3NS, established three years ago, is a cloud hosting company that aims to deliver a sovereign and secure cloud solution for the French market. Formed as a joint venture between Google and Thales, S3NS adheres to strict governance rules to ensure compliance with French sovereignty requirements.
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Driving IT Excellence With AIOps: Key Insights For Future Success

Carlos Casanova May 5, 2025
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.
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Transforming Enterprise Business Apps With Powerful AI Ecosystems And Marketplaces

Linda Ivy-Rosser April 18, 2025
We can’t emphasize enough the importance of interconnected networks and ecosystems to the enterprise application software market. Industry cloud providers and hyperscalers possess several key advantages in nurturing and leading these innovation networks. So what does this acceleration of AI software and services on industry cloud and hyperscaler marketplaces mean? Well, it depends on the […]
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The Rise Of Digital Coworkers: Moveworks Bets Big On AI Agents

Julie Mohr April 18, 2025
Moveworks’ global event in San Jose marked a major inflection point in enterprise AI with the announcement of Agent Studio, Plugin Workspace, and an AI Agent Marketplace — all part of its strategy to become the go-to platform for building business-ready AI agents. Analysts Julie Mohr and Rowan Curran provide their insights on the announcements. […]
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Atlassian’s AI Offensive Is Changing Work Forever

Julie Mohr April 16, 2025
Atlassian has launched a sweeping upgrade to its platform, and the message is crystal-clear: AI isn’t just a feature; it’s the foundation. If you’re working in tech, managing teams, or even just part of a business using Jira or Confluence, this isn’t a subtle shift; it’s a tectonic one. Atlassian dropped a full suite of […]
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NVIDIA GTC 2025: Reasoning And Robotics Converge

Naveen Chhabra March 28, 2025
San Jose was abuzz with excitement as AI enthusiasts gathered for the 2025 NVIDIA GTC AI conference. Find out what the key announcements were and what they could mean for your technology roadmap in this review.
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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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Microgrids And Data Centers: A Sustainable Power Duo

Alvin Nguyen March 17, 2025
Tech leaders are under more pressure to improve energy efficiency. Discover how microgrids are revolutionizing data centers to meet AI’s growing demands and sustainability goals.
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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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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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Why We’re Moving From ZTE To SASE Terminology

Andre Kindness February 18, 2025
Find out why Forrester is pivoting away from the term Zero Trust edge (ZTE) in favor of the term secure access service edge (SASE).
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Why The DOJ Is Worried About Networking Innovation And What Paths Lie Ahead For HPE And Juniper

Andre Kindness February 7, 2025
The Department of Justice's action to block the Juniper acquisition won't save innovation in networking. No matter whether or not the acquisition proceeds, customers will benefit if they are put front and center.
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Supercharge The IT Circular Economy With The CARFAX Approach

Alvin Nguyen January 31, 2025
The Challenge With The Circular Economy In 2025, Forrester predicted that more than a third of Global Fortune 100 firms will commit to circular economy goals. We recommended that, this year, enterprise leaders perform infrastructure lifecycle assessments to understand the environmental impact of their choices. Further for manufacturing, Forrester’s report, Embrace The Circular Economy To […]
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