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• Report Forrester Infographic: Enable The Next-Generation Workforce With The Right Technologies

  Forrester's Visual Guide To Generational Technology Preferences

  February 26, 2021 | Andrew Hewitt

  Businesses preparing for the future of work must understand the changing technology preferences among four workforce generations. Each generation comes with its unique needs to ensure an optimal...

• Report The Forrester Guide To Equipping The Next-Gen Workforce

  Don't Let Age Define Your Workforce Enablement Strategy

  February 26, 2021 | Andrew Hewitt

  In this demographic overview, we analyze the four generations in the workplace: Generation Z, Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers. As Gen Z and Millennials increasingly represent a larger...

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  Webinar Rethink The Smart Office For 2021

  November 16, 2020 | Michele Pelino, Andrew Hewitt

  Despite the move to remote working in 2020, organizations are starting to plan for the return to work in 2021. As we head into the end of 2020, companies are reexamining the technologies,...

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  Webinar Enabling The Next-Gen Workforce

  October 27, 2020 | Andrew Hewitt

  Millennials and Gen Z are a hot topic of discussion among today’s business leaders. But is a focus on age the right way to think about employee enablement and engagement? Early research casts...

• Report Gauge Your Modern Technology Operations Maturity

  Assessment: The Modern Technology Operations Playbook

  September 29, 2020 | Charles Betz, Rich Lane, Andrew Hewitt

  Today's customers and employees demand great experiences — fast. To satisfy them, infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders and teams must ensure that they can continuously deliver on both...

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  Webinar The Future Of Endpoint Management And Security Is Now

  September 1, 2020 | Andrew Hewitt, Chris Sherman

  The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward modern endpoint management and security. To improve scalability, business continuity, security, and digital employee experience, organizations...

• Report Research Overview: Modern Technology Operations

  Landscape: The Modern Technology Operations Playbook

  August 3, 2020 | Andrew Hewitt, Will McKeon-White, Charles Betz

  Infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals want to evolve their organizations to be more flexible and responsive in the face of digital transformation and disruption. DevOps, Agile,...

• Report Enhance EX With Zero Trust

  Business Case: The Zero Trust Security Playbook

  July 13, 2020 | Andrew Hewitt, David Holmes

  Forrester's Zero Trust (ZT) framework is the modern security architecture blueprint for enterprises. Fundamentally, ZT is about moving away from traditional perimeter-based security approaches and...

• Report IoT Solutions Transform Smart Buildings Into Strategic Productivity Assets

  Extend Opportunities Beyond Efficiency To Include Enhancing Worker Experience

  May 12, 2020 | Michele Pelino, Andrew Hewitt

  Many firms are deploying building management solutions enabled by the internet of things (IoT) to achieve operational and strategic goals. Initial benefits often focus on improving energy...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Differentiate Employee Experience In Smart Building Environments

  April 17, 2020 | Andrew Hewitt, Michele Pelino, Merritt Maxim

  As the importance of employee experience (EX) grows, where you work matters even more. Today's workplace is undergoing a renaissance of new digitally connected technologies designed to improve...

• Report Enhance Digital Employee Experience With Device-As-A-Service (DaaS)

  The Value Of DaaS Lies In Digital EX Improvement, Not Cost Predictability

  January 23, 2020 | Andrew Hewitt

  Subscriptions are everywhere, and now they're coming to your corporate PCs. Organizations are increasingly interested in adopting device-as-a-service (DaaS) to shift employee device purchasing from...

• Report Goodbye Desktop Engineering, Hello Digital Experience Architect

  From Patches To Productivity: How Desktop Teams Will Evolve In 2020 To Meet The Needs Of The Modern Workforce

  December 18, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  Infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals increasingly understand the direct link between poor technology experience and employee disengagement, burnout, and attrition. As a result, they're...

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  Webinar Stay On Top Of Five Key Trends In End User Computing For 2020

  December 5, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  As the importance of employee experience (EX) rises, the end user computing (EUC) industry is undergoing a fundamental evolution away from cost, security, and manageability. Infrastructure and...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Unified Endpoint Management, Q4 2019

  The 13 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  November 11, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  In our 23-criterion evaluation of unified endpoint management (UEM) providers, we identified the 13 most significant — 42Gears, Baramundi Software, BlackBerry, Citrix, IBM, Ivanti, ManageEngine,...

• Report Now Tech: Cloud Desktops, Q4 2019

  Forrester's Overview Of 15 Cloud Desktop Providers

  October 10, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  You can use cloud desktops to improve employee experience (EX), enhance workforce continuity, and scale business operations rapidly. But to realize these benefits, you'll first have to select from...

• Report Embrace Modern Management To Improve Employee Experience

  Move From Patches To Productivity: Modern Management Will Transform The Role Of Desktop Admins

  September 9, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  The processes and technologies that infrastructure and operations (I&O) teams use today to manage employee devices and apps are undergoing an evolution. The old highly manual, PC-centric process is...

• Report The Future Of VDI Is Cloud

  Cloud-Based Virtualization Will Surpass On-Premises VDI To Improve Scalability And Manageability

  July 31, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt, David Johnson

  Seeking to arm employees with the technology they need to drive business growth, enterprises have invested in digital workspace technologies like virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), but change is...

• Report Transform Insights Into A Better Employee Technology Experience

  Collect, Analyze, And Put Qualitative And Quantitative Data To Work

  July 16, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  Very few organizations have processes and tools in place to holistically monitor, manage, and optimize employee technology experience. Underperforming devices, poorly designed apps, and sluggish...

• Report Now Tech: Unified Endpoint Management, Q2 2019

  Forrester's Overview Of 21 UEM Providers

  June 13, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  Infrastructure and operations (I&O) teams can use unified endpoint management (UEM) to better manage employee devices and applications, resulting in improved employee experience, customer trust,...

• Report How To Budget For Employee-Facing Technology For 2020

  Align Technology Purchases To Business Imperatives For EX Success

  June 10, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders planning their budgets for 2020 and beyond must purchase technology that enables employees to win, serve, and retain customers. But workforce...

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  Webinar How To Tame Technology Distraction In Your Workplace

  June 5, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  Whether you know it or not, technology distraction is a problem in your workplace. Very few companies recognize how pervasive technology distraction is in their working environment and how it...

• Report Five Key Trends That Will Reshape The Employee Technology Experience

  Keep Employee Experience At The Center Of Your Technology Strategy As You Move Past Windows 7

  May 22, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  Windows 7 has been a corporate PC staple — but at nearly 10 years old, it's at its end of life. Though some infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders responsible for employee technology have...

• Report The State Of Chromebooks, 2019

  When The Conditions Are Right, Chromebooks Can Improve Both Customer And Employee Experience

  April 30, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt, J. P. Gownder

  Eight years into their existence, Chromebooks haven't taken the enterprise market by storm — but have slowly but surely gained enterprise mindshare. I&O leaders are reassessing how Chromebooks can...

• Report How To Wake Up From The Nightmare Of Workplace Technology Distraction

  Build A Solid User Experience To Enable A More Focused Workforce

  April 26, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  To remain competitive in a world of increasingly connected customers, businesses have turned to the latest digital technologies to improve employees' productivity, collaboration, and connection to...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Digital Workspace Tech For Employee App Enablement, Q2 2019

  18 Technologies That Empower Employees With Access To Critical Productivity Apps

  April 16, 2019 | Andrew Hewitt

  Forrester's employee experience (EX) research is grounded in the idea that what makes employees happiest at work is their ability to get meaningful work done every day. Applications play a...