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• Report Adoption Profile: Containers In Europe, Q1 2021

  Traverse The Container Terrain To Conquer Application Modernization

  February 11, 2021 | Lauren Nelson, Paul Miller

  Software containers continue to improve European enterprise infrastructure efficiency, software development, and cloud-native project and strategic functionality — especially amid the global...

• Report Scoring Our 2020 Cloud Predictions

  COVID-19 Delayed Almost All Our Predictions

  February 10, 2021 | Tracy Woo

  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 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, Brent Ellis

  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 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 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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  Playbook The Cloud Computing Playbook For 2021

  Cloud Services Accelerate Your Pursuit Of Customer Obsession

  Confusing cloud definitions and erroneously identified "cloud" solutions impede cloud from becoming a staple in your customer-centric technology portfolio. Forrester offers its cloud computing...

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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...

• Report Build Your Operations Organization With Product Team Principles

  People: The Modern Technology Operations Playbook

  September 9, 2020 | Charles Betz, Andrew Hewitt

  Cloud, Agile, DevOps, and increasing attention to employee experience (EX) are challenging traditional infrastructure and operations (I&O) operating models worldwide. Team silos of technical...

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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 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 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 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 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...