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Learnings From The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Cost Management And Optimization Solutions, Q3 2024
At long last, The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Cost Management And Optimization [CCMO] Solutions, Q3 2024 is published! This process is incredibly long and thorough. We go through hours-long briefings and customer calls and perform multiple iterations on scoring; the vendors go through the same. They put in many hours setting up customer references, product demonstrations, […]
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What You Should Look For From ESG Data And Analytics Providers
The Forrester Wave™: ESG Data And Analytics Providers, Q3 2024, reveals the 12 providers that matter most and how they stack up.
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The Circular Economy Is Brought To You By The Letter R
Learn how the five Rs can help manufacturers participate in the circular economy: reduce, reuse, repair, refurbish, and recycle.
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Announcing The Enterprise Architecture Management Suites Landscape, Q2 2024
Enterprise Architecture Management Suites Are An Architect’s Ally Enterprise architecture management suites (EAMSes) are fundamental to running a successful architecture practice. EAMS tools are being used to help architecture teams manage architecture risk, reduce cost, and support organizations in proactively managing their technical debt. AI use cases are flourishing in this market, freeing up architects’ […]
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With Selipsky Out, What’s Next For AWS?
AWS announced this week that Adam Selipsky will depart as CEO and Matt Garman, AWS senior VP of sales and marketing, would replace him in June. Find out what the implications of this move could be at a critical time for AWS and the broader cloud market overall.
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GreenOps, FinOps, And The Sustainable Cloud
Rising consumer pressure and new regulatory reporting requirements have opened the door to a new approach: GreenOps, or the practice of minimizing a cloud environment’s carbon footprint through the efficient use of cloud resources. Learn more about GreenOps in this post.
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A Five-Step Guide To Conducting A Successful Sustainability Materiality Assessment
Read this blog post to understand the actions that organizations need to take throughout the sustainability materiality assessment process.
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Underestimated Danger: The Story Of Plastics In IT
In 2022, 27% of the e-waste generated was plastics. And the recycling rate of e-waste is projected to decline from 22.3% in 2022 to 20% by 2030. Find out how some of the top IT vendors are stepping up.
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Earth Day 2024: Back To Square One For Sustainability Maturity
A lot has changed in the regulatory landscape since we introduced Forrester’s Sustainability Maturity Model three years ago. For Earth Day 2024, we’ve updated the model. Read this post to learn about the major changes to the model and how it can help your organization reassess your sustainability maturity.
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Introducing The Sustainability Management Software Landscape Report And Forrester Wave™ Evaluation
Environmental sustainability is a compliance, accounting, and data management challenge for companies. So it's not surprising that the sustainability management software market is expanding rapidly. Learn more about these trends in this preview of our new Wave and Landscape reports on sustainability management software.
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The Green Consumer Paradox
Learn the five most common barriers impeding widespread customer adoption of sustainable offerings and how to encourage sustainable behaviors among B2C buyers.
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“Change Now” For Sustainable And Profitable Solutions
Educating executives about the environmental impact of their business is still a challenge. Learn why and several other key takeaways from the recent ChangeNOW solutions summit in Paris.
Strenthen Security Operations With Agile SecOps
Read this report to learn how to apply agile software development lifecycle practices (SDLC) to detection and response to create engineering-driven detection operations.
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European Consumers Challenge Popular Stereotypes About Greenness
While Europe’s green segments may look homogeneous, consumers’ behaviors and attitudes vary by region and age. Learn how the latest data has countered some common stereotypes about green consumers in Europe.
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Are You Ready? The SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosures Have Dropped.
The long-awaited climate-related disclosures ruling from the SEC is finally here. Learn what business and tech leaders need to do to comply.
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FORR The Planet: Sustainability Interview Series — Hallmark
Kristin Edie, vice president of enterprise sustainability at Hallmark, discusses her leadership role and the most impactful sustainability efforts at Hallmark.
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Tech Trends To Watch In 2024
How will generative AI impact infrastructure plans? What regulatory issues will tech leaders have to grapple with? Hear Forrester’s technology analysts discuss their predictions for the latest tech trends in 2024.
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The ESG Data And Analytics Market Is Changing Rapidly
Understand the value that you can expect from an ESG data and analytics provider, learn how providers differ, and investigate options.
Get Ahead Of Green Market Opportunity
Explore our green market revolution resources to see why sustainability is one of the largest opportunities in history.
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COP28 Review
The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, wrapped up last month to mixed reviews. In this episode, Senior Analyst Abhijit Sunil discusses what he saw at the event and some of the key takeaways for business and technology leaders.
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The Top 10 Infrastructure Trends That Matter In 2023
Get a preview of our new report on the top 10 technology infrastructure trends of 2023 in this blog which lists out four of the trends.
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Scoring Our 2023 Sustainability Predictions: How Did We Do?
Forrester reviews its 2023 sustainability predictions by scoring each individual prediction in depth. This year, one of our five predictions received an A score, three received a B score, and one received a C score. Considering several unanticipated economic challenges across industries, these scores indicate continued progress and opportunities in the green market revolution.
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