technical debt
Technical debt is a concept that originated in software development, where it refers to the cost incurred by putting off upgrades or modernization (i.e., technical obsolescence). Today is is also be applied to other technology areas such as hardware, security and compliance, infrastructure, skills, measurement, and suppliers. Technical debt can lead to poor customer experience, loss of business opportunities, unsustainable cost structures, and less resilient and secure systems.
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The Public Sector Must Navigate The “Everything Everywhere All At Once” Efficiency Conversation With Portfolio Rationalization
We’re in an era defined by constant disruption and rapid shifts — a true “everything everywhere all at once” scenario.
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Introducing Forrester’s IT Spend Management Framework
Learn how mastering three indispensable capabilities — visibility, control, and optimization — can help you and your team align expenditures with strategic imperatives, realize cost savings, and fuel the innovation needed to thrive.
Don't Let Technical Debt Hold You Back
Learn how to reduce technical debt and make the most of technology investments with this playbook.
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Learn the 11 emerging technologies that all public-sector IT leaders should be watching and get insight on how these technologies will shape the next decade of government transformation.
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Rethinking Government Reform: Can In-House Government Consultants Deliver Lasting Impact?
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Once More Unto The Breach: Tech Leaders Face Another Year Of Volatility And Cuts
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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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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Key Questions For Tackling Technical Debt
Technology leaders are more focused on technical debt today to ensure that they can fully leverage tomorrow’s emerging tech. Find out the questions that you should be asking to manage the technical debt in your organization.
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The Enterprise Architecture Tool Market Starts 2025 With A Notable Merger
In a Forrester landscape report published in May 2024, we predicted that M&A activity would continue to change and disrupt the enterprise architecture management suite (EAMS) market. This trend started in 2023, continued throughout 2024, and now, amazingly, as we enter 2025, the market has reached a further peak.
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Every week, I get inquiries about technical debt, whether from enterprise architects, CIOs, CTOs, offices of the CIO, or strategic portfolio managers. It’s a broad concern in IT and digital management, as well as in the minds and operating models of Forrester clients.
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Why Forrester’s SAP Services Landscape, Q3 2024, Is So Important
We recently completed The SAP Services Landscape, Q3 2024. A lot has changed in the SAP ecosystem since the last edition of this Forrester landscape. SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA cloud migrations are taking center stage for the vast majority of SAP clients. The RISE with SAP offering has undergone massive changes in the last […]
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How India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE India) Builds Its Critical IT Infrastructure
Learn how one of the largest stock exchanges in the world uses information technology to deliver services that meet stringent regulatory standards as well as unique investor needs.
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Business and tech leaders expect (slightly) bigger budgets next year. How should they use them? On this episode of What It Means, VPs and Group Research Directors Stephanie Balaouras, Keith Johnston, and Srividya Sridharan dive into Forrester’s Budget Planning Guides’ recommendations for tech, marketing and sales, and customer experience (CX) leaders.
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2025 Budget Planning Guides: Technology And Security
Watch Now! And hear analyst insights on where to invest, divest, and experiment with 2025 tech and security budgets for maximum business impact.
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Technology leaders find themselves at a crossroads this budget planning season. Get pragmatic advice on where to spend your tech budget in 2025 to achieve better business outcomes.
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Tech Leaders Target Scale And Enhanced Productivity With 2025 Budgets
Technology architecture leaders see positive economic signs heading into the 2025 budget planning season. Find out how you can optimize your budget in the year ahead to fund new technology investment and experimentation.
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Top 10 Emerging Technologies For 2024
The pace of technology innovation can make it hard to keep an eye on the tech horizon. In this episode, Vice President of Emerging Tech Portfolio Brian Hopkins walks through this year’s list of the top 10 emerging technologies, describing when each technology will bring value to users.
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Navigating The Disruption Of Broadcom’s Acquisition Of VMware
The broad changes Broadcom made in the wake of the deal have technology executives reviewing their technology roadmaps closely. In this episode Principal Analyst Naveen Chhabra walks through the changes and discusses the choices available to VMWare customers.
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