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• Report Research Overview: Cloud Technology And Services

  Tools And Technology: The Cloud Computing Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Lauren Nelson, Bill Martorelli, Tracy Woo

  Cloud offers technology leaders a fundamentally new approach to how the organization builds, deploys, and manages software and infrastructure. To help their organizations succeed, infrastructure...

• Report The New Economics Of On-Premises Infrastructure

  Business Case: The Infrastructure Transformation Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Naveen Chhabra

  While public cloud storage isn't a panacea due to concerns about privacy, security, governance, availability, and unpredictable costs, its operating expenditure (opex) cost model is attractive....

• Report Data Center And Colocation Market Trends, 2021

  January 20, 2021 | Abhijit Sunil

  The colocation and data center industry has been undergoing rapid shifts in both the vendor landscape and the ways that customers consume services. This report identifies five major themes we'll...

• Report Q&A: Decoding China's New Infrastructure Initiative

  China Aims To Accelerate Its Own Digital Transformation

  January 12, 2021 | Danny Mu

  At the 2020 National People's Congress, China's central government emphasized the importance of "New Infrastructure" as a key driver of economic growth and global technology leadership. What is New...

• Report Understanding The Cloud Service Provider Landscape

  Landscape: The Cloud Computing Playbook

  December 23, 2020 | Bill Martorelli, Liz Herbert

  With cloud computing services now central to modern technology strategy, the challenge for infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals is to focus on selecting the right partners and planning...

• Report The State Of Cloud In Japan

  Japanese Firms Need Help Refining Their Cloud Migration Plans

  December 17, 2020 | Achim Granzen, Frederic Giron

  Japan is a rapidly maturing market for cloud computing. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) has been successful over the past few years, and now more Japanese firms are considering cloud for their IT...

• 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...

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  Webinar Edge Computing Predictions 2021

  December 9, 2020 | Abhijit Sunil

  Edge is among the most important and disruptive technology trends going into 2021. And it will influence — or be influenced by — trends in 5G, data consumption, internet of things...

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  Webinar Cloud Computing Predictions 2021

  December 8, 2020 | Dave Bartoletti, Jeffrey Hammond

  As 2020 comes to a close, it is once again time to talk predictions for the upcoming year. This past year, the global pandemic reinforced the tremendous value and necessity of cloud computing...

• 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...

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  Webinar Financial Services Firms: Leverage Cloud To Improve Your Adaptiveness

  November 10, 2020 | Meng Liu, Charlie Dai, Danny Mu

  Financial services (FS) firms in China and across the globe are accelerating cloud adoption to improve their technology adaptiveness and address challenging global political and economic...

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  Webinar Your Guide To The Enterprise Container Platforms Market

  Using The Forrester Wave™

  October 19, 2020 | Dave Bartoletti, Charlie Dai

  Cloud-native technologies are exploding in popularity because they help companies build powerful new apps faster and modernize legacy apps everywhere, from the data center to the cloud to the...

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  Webinar Lessons From Gaming: Lead With Cloud, Continuous Improvement, And Innovation

  September 2, 2020 | Will McKeon-White, Chris Gardner

  The video game industry has always led with technology, and other verticals should take note. From effective usage of cloud technologies to customer-oriented processes, you can apply five lessons...

• Report How 5G And Edge Computing Advance IoT Value

  This Dynamic Duo Dramatically Expands IoT Insights And Speed

  July 31, 2020 | Michele Pelino, James Staten

  5G networks promise exponential bandwidth and ultra-low latency to edge computing solutions that empower near-real-time insights gained from business systems built on internet of things (IoT)...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Open, Programmable Switches For A Businesswide SDN, Q3 2020

  The 12 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  July 28, 2020 | Andre Kindness

  In our 32-criterion evaluation of open, programmable switching solutions, we identified the 12 most significant ones — Arista Networks, Cisco IOS-XE, Cisco NX-OS, Dell EMC, Extreme Networks, H3C,...

• Report Level Up Your Cloud Strategy With Video Game Innovation

  Be A Fast Follower Of An Industry That Consistently Pioneers Change

  July 16, 2020 | Chris Gardner, Will McKeon-White

  The video game industry has always been a hub of innovation, leveraging emerging technologies to create new experiences for players. Cloud-native infrastructure and development are no different....

• 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 The Forrester Wave™: Hosted Private Cloud Services In Europe, Q2 2020

  The Seven Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  June 24, 2020 | Bill Martorelli

  In our 32-criterion evaluation of hosted private cloud providers in Europe, we identified the seven most significant ones — Atos, CenturyLink, Orange, OVHcloud, Rackspace Technology, Sungard...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Hosted Private Cloud Services In North America, Q2 2020

  The 11 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  June 24, 2020 | Bill Martorelli

  In our 32-criterion evaluation of hosted private cloud providers, we identified the 11 most significant ones — Atos, CenturyLink, Flexential, NTT DATA, Otava, OVHcloud, Rackspace Technology,...

• 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 Now Tech: Public Cloud Development Platforms In China, Q2 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 28 Public Cloud Development Platform Providers In China

  June 18, 2020 | Charlie Dai, Danny Mu

  You can use public cloud development platforms to build the technology foundations of an adaptive enterprise and simplify digital operations, modernize business applications, and facilitate...

• Report The Cloud CX Value Map

  Use The CX Value Map To Measure Cloud Success Across Your Organization

  June 3, 2020 | Dave Bartoletti, Will McKeon-White

  As enterprises expand their cloud usage, infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals are increasingly cloud intermediaries and must become better "vendors" of services for their internal...

• Report Now Tech: Cloud Contact Center Vendors, Q2 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 25 Cloud Contact Center Providers

  June 2, 2020 | Art Schoeller

  You can use cloud contact center providers to rapidly deliver critical contact center capabilities, increase flexibility and scale of operations, and lay the foundation for a cognitive contact...

• 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...