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• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Cloud Governance And Enablement Technologies, Q4 2020

  Fourteen Technologies That Underpin Cloud Governance And Enablement

  December 15, 2020 | Tracy Woo, Andras Cser

  Cloud governance is critical to firms' ability to drive growth, accelerate innovation, and provide flexibility at scale. To accelerate their performance in cloud, companies are evaluating and...

• Report Cloud Powers The Adaptive Enterprise

  Vision: The Cloud Computing Playbook

  November 30, 2020 | Dave Bartoletti

  Cloud is no longer tactical but rather a strategic enabler of connected platform economies. Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders must orchestrate cloud ecosystems that link employees,...

• Report Now Tech: Cloud Cost Management And Optimization, Q4 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 18 CCMO Providers

  November 10, 2020 | Tracy Woo

  You can use cloud cost management and optimization (CCMO) offerings to visualize your cloud costs, optimize resource usage, and better budget and forecast future spend. But to realize these...

• Report Adoption Profile: Hosted Private Cloud In North America, Q3 2020

  Hosted Private Cloud Providers Shift Their Focus To Hyperscaler Innovations And Managed Services

  July 6, 2020 | Bill Martorelli

  While it may seem a sideshow to an IT industry obsessed with public cloud services, hosted private cloud nevertheless holds a unique position in serving multiple scenarios and users. Hosted private...

• Report Top 10 Recommendations For Private Cloud Success

  What You Call It Doesn't Matter, But Defining Scope And Governance Is Crucial

  July 1, 2020 | Tracy Woo, Chris Gardner

  Despite reportedly high private cloud adoption, Forrester continues to see enterprises that are struggling with build-out. Success with private cloud comes only through embracing self-service, full...

• Report Unify Application Portfolio Management And Cloud Tagging

  Hybrid Systems Require Common Management

  June 23, 2020 | Charles Betz, George Lawrie

  As a result of the current economic crisis, we're seeing a renewed focus on portfolio management. To provide a unified view of digital and IT portfolios for governance and rationalization,...

• Report Throw DARTS To Hit Your Zero Trust Targets

  Vision: The Zero Trust Security Playbook

  June 15, 2020 | Chase Cunningham, Peter Cerrato

  Organizations across the globe are embracing the idea of Zero Trust. While the security industry is aligning itself to enable this powerful strategy, many companies still don't quite grasp the Zero...

• Report Adoption Profile: Hosted Private Cloud In Europe, Q2 2020

  Local Providers Target Dedicated Infrastructure, Unique Scenarios, And Services

  May 29, 2020 | Paul Miller, Bill Martorelli

  Adoption of hosted private cloud continues to grow; it combines the expertise of a cloud service provider with the workload isolation of a private cloud. While some balk at its shortcomings...

• Report Adoption Profile: Public Cloud In Europe, Q2 2020

  European Public Cloud Innovation Continues

  May 29, 2020 | Paul Miller

  Every enterprise in Europe is continually evolving its cloud strategy — or should be. In 2020, European infrastructure and operations (I&O) pros are tasked with critiquing the cost efficiency and...

• Report Adoption Profile: Public Cloud In North America, Q2 2020

  May 27, 2020 | Dave Bartoletti

  Public cloud continues to be an essential business platform for rapid innovation, scalable infrastructure, and customer-driven technology modernization. After more than a decade, public cloud is a...

• Report Top 10 Facts About Managed Public Cloud Services

  Hundreds Of MSPs Complement The Hyperscaler Platforms

  February 6, 2020 | Bill Martorelli

  Despite cloud's popularity, common misunderstandings plague the cloud market. To accelerate cloud journeys and fill the skill gaps, a crowded market of managed services providers (MSPs) has stepped...

• Report Take The Wheel: Build Your Cloud Roadmap Now

  Roadmap: The Cloud Computing Playbook

  January 30, 2020 | Dave Bartoletti, Lauren Nelson

  Your customers demand more cloud-enabled experiences. Your business leaders want the latest cloud applications; your developers want new cloud-native tools to deliver software faster; and your tech...

• Report Scoring Our 2019 Cloud Predictions

  We Were Spot-On For Three And Early On Two

  January 10, 2020 | Dave Bartoletti, Lauren Nelson

  Every year, Forrester predicts what lies ahead for cloud in the year to come. But have these predictions proven true over the past year for infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals? This...

• Report Apply Zero Trust eXtended Principles In Your Identity And Access Management Programs

  Protect Data And Boost The User Experience With A ZTX IAM Architecture, People, And Process

  November 25, 2019 | Andras Cser, Sean Ryan

  With the loss of a physical perimeter in protecting applications and data from external and internal threats, the "people" domain of Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) is one of the most dynamically...

• Report Predictions 2020: Cloud Computing

  New Hyperscale Alliances, Cloud-Native Innovations, And Security Demands Will Reshape The Cloud Battleground — Again

  November 4, 2019 | Dave Bartoletti, Lauren Nelson, Abhijit Sunil

  More than any other force, cloud computing has reshaped the business technology landscape. In 2020, cloud application, platform, infrastructure, and management vendors will battle fiercely for...

• Report Predictions 2020: Distributed Ledger Technology

  There Will Be More Realistic Explorations In 2020, But Expect Some Drama On The Frameworks And Tools Front

  November 1, 2019 | Martha Bennett, Charlie Dai

  Interest in distributed ledger technology (DLT — AKA blockchain) remains high but has taken on a different shape: Activity has shifted from unfocused exploration to focused strategic projects. Read...

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  Webinar Innovate At The Edge

  How Edge Computing Dramatically Empowers CX, EX, And Business Value Enhancements

  October 31, 2019 | Brian Hopkins, James Staten

  In this webinar, CIO analysts James Staten and Brian Hopkins help clients better understand what edge computing is; how it extends investments in the internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, and...

• Report Future-Proof Your Digital Business With Zero Trust Security

  October 4, 2019 | Jeff Pollard

  As CIOs develop hybrid cloud strategies to help their organization become fast, flexible, and innovative, it's the perfect time to migrate to a Zero Trust security architecture. Security and risk...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Health Clouds, Q3 2019

  The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  September 11, 2019 | Jeff Becker

  In our 31-criterion evaluation of enterprise health cloud providers, we identified the nine most significant ones — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Atos, Google, IBM, Microsoft, NTT DATA, Philips,...

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  Webinar Hybrid Cloud Security Best Practices

  August 21, 2019 | Andras Cser

  Protecting cloud workloads and their configuration in public, private, and hybrid clouds is a key concern of enterprises. This webinar highlights the drivers and best practices to secure...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Application Modernization And Migration Services, Q3 2019

  The 14 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  July 16, 2019 | Bill Martorelli

  In our 26-criterion evaluation of application modernization and migration services providers, we identified the 14 most significant ones — Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte, EPAM...

• Report Adoption Profile: Hosted Private Cloud In North America, Q2 2019

  HPC Providers Shift Focus To Managed Services As Public Cloud Continues To Absorb More Of Their Market

  July 3, 2019 | Lauren Nelson

  While not the shiniest toy on the shelf, hosted private cloud (HPC) holds a unique position in serving multiple scenarios and users. HPC bridges the public and private cloud spaces — combining the...

• Report Adoption Profile: Public Cloud In North America, Q3 2019

  July 1, 2019 | Lauren Nelson

  Public cloud continues to be a go-to platform for innovation, for offloading, and for accelerating business change. After a decade, public cloud is a stable force, but infrastructure and operations...

• Report Adoption Profile: Private Cloud In Europe, Q2 2019

  Private Cloud Can Focus Efforts To Enable More-Meaningful Changes

  June 21, 2019 | Lauren Nelson, Paul Miller

  Europeans continue to leverage a mix of cloud technologies, including private cloud. Many enterprises face a stark reality: Change is expensive, and private cloud offers meaningful improvements...

• Report Hybrid Cloud Security Best Practices

  Focus On The Five C's: Console, Configuration, Connectivity, Cloud Data, And Containers

  June 20, 2019 | Andras Cser

  Hybrid cloud security is a must for firms moving their critical data from on-premises to cloud workloads. This report, based on a small, 20-respondent panel survey, looks at cloud security best...