Human experiences depend heavily on underlying technology performance, making compute platforms increasingly critical to a firm's ability to win, serve, and retain its customers. To optimize their workload performance, companies are evaluating and adopting a wide range of compute platform technologies. This Forrester Tech Tide™ report presents an analysis of the maturity and business value of 15 technology categories that constitute compute platforms. Infrastructure & operations (I&O) professionals should read this report to shape their investments in these technologies.