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Mobile World Congress 2025: The New, The Same, The Gone
The energy was high at last month's Mobile World Congress. Learn about out new topics that emerged in 2025, and which continued from 2024 in this MWC review.
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SUSECON 25: Expanding Open Source In Cloud, Edge, And AI
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.
Technology Leader's Toolkit For Managing Technical Debt
Learn how to manage technical debt and make the most of emerging technology with this guide.
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Call For Entries: The 2025 Enterprise Architecture Awards
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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It’s Time To Define Your Professional Existence And Articulate Your Story
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
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
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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Transforming Enterprise Networks With AIOps: A New Era Of Intelligent Connectivity
Learn how AIOps provides real-time contextualization and insights across the IT estate, ensuring that network infrastructure operates at peak efficiency in serving business needs.
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Old Dogs Learn New Tricks — The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024
Contrary to expectations the enterprise firewall continues to thrive. and vendors have made significant progress in keeping up with rapid innovations. Learn more in this preview of the recently published report, The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024.
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Gone Are The Days Of Networking Infrastructure Choice
One outcome of internal developments or acquisitions is that networking infrastructure choice has evaporated — even if vendors claim otherwise. HPE's recent acquisition of Juniper brings this into focus.
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The Future Of Network APIs
Many of my recent client conversations have been on network APIs, also known as network open APIs. In particular, they want to discuss timelines, challenges, opportunities, use cases, and future market outlook. Similar to what I discussed in my previous blog about 5G network slicing, the reality is not as rosy as one might expect, […]
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Forrester’s 2024 Technology Strategy Impact Award Winners For EMEA
Get a detailed look at how the two winners of Forrester’s 2024 Technology Strategy Impact Awards for EMEA have successfully demonstrated exceptional alignment, adaptivity, and trust in their IT strategies, setting a shining example for their respective industries.
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Insights From Cisco Live 2024: Splunk Integration, Security (And More Security), And AI Pragmatism
At its recent Cisco Live event, the tech giant made a number of new announcements, detailed plans for its $28 billion Splunk acquisition, and walked through its vision for the future. Get a detailed review in this post.
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Purge Network Myopathy With NAV
What is the definition of network analysis and visibility (NAV) and how does it fit into a Zero Trust framework? This post provides Forrester's definition of NAV and explains why visibility is so vital in today's security environment.
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Net Neutrality — Here We Go Again
The FCC has re-instated the regulations known as Net Neutrality repealed seven years ago. Here are the things you should know to help you roll up your sleeves and develop a plan to work around the new rules.
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Reflections On The Major Themes From Mobile World Congress 2024
This year’s Mobile World Congress went well beyond the usual telco topics and themes. Learn six of the key themes coming out of one of the most important annual tech events in Europe.
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El Futuro De La Segmentación De Redes 5G (5G Network Slicing)
Muchas de mis conversaciones recientes sobre 5G se han centrado en el futuro de la segmentación de redes. Quieren discutir fechas, desafíos, oportunidades, casos de uso e industrias. La realidad no es tan rosa como podría pensarse, dada la dependencia de comunidades ajenas a la industria de las telecomunicaciones. Como principal objetivo, la segmentación de […]
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AT&T Outage Shines A Spotlight On Network Dependability
What are the key lessons telecommunications carriers and IT and technology leaders can learn from the recent AT&T outage? Find out in this summary of the outage and its impact on IT leaders.
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The Future Of 5G Network Slicing
Get a short analysis of the future of 5G network slicing and learn how it benefits carriers and customers.
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HPE + Juniper Networks Creates A Cisco Doppelganger
What does the HPE acquisition of Juniper Networks mean for technology leaders and the market overall? Find out in this detailed analysis of the deal.
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Cisco Is Getting Back Into The Game
Big changes have started to ripple through Cisco as it slims down one of the industry’s largest routing, switching, and wireless product portfolios. Learn more about its updated networking strategy.
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