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• Report It's Time To Make Every Web Application A Progressive Web App

  Mobile Apps Will Slip To A Niche Role As PWAs Combine The Discoverability Of The Web With The Experience Of An App

  February 12, 2019 | Michael Facemire, Ted Schadler

  The technology pendulum has swung from the web being all the rage to the web being a terrible experience. Now, it's swinging back to the web being all the rage again, thanks to progressive web apps...

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  Webinar Forrester Futurology: The Future Of The Web Platform

  September 6, 2018 | Michael Facemire

  “There’s an app for that.” We’ve spent the last 10 years building native client digital experiences — for mobile, for desktop, and lately for connected home...

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  Webinar Choosing The Right Conversational Computing Platform

  June 27, 2018 | Rob Koplowitz, Michael Facemire

  As conversational computing matures, organizations look to continue driving technology standards. Application developers must help drive the decision-making process with an eye toward functional...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Digital Experience Development Platforms, Q2 2018

  The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  June 26, 2018 | Michael Facemire

  In our 33-criteria evaluation of digital experience development platforms (DXDPs), we identified the nine most important vendors — Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM, Kony, Microsoft, Oracle,...

• Report Now Tech: Digital Experience Development Platforms, Q2 2018

  Forrester's Overview Of 21 Digital Experience Development Platform Providers

  June 25, 2018 | Michael Facemire

  You can use a digital experience development platform (DXDP) to enable an integrated portfolio offering, provide a great development experience, and address a lust for cognitive services. But to...

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  Webinar Forrester Futurology: The Future Of B2B Digital Experiences

  May 22, 2018 | John Bruno, Michael Facemire

  What does the future of business-to-business (B2B) digital experience look like? Your company has an extensive set of partners, but the interactions you have with them look nothing like those...

• Report The Forrester New Wave™: Conversational Computing Platforms, Q2 2018

  The Seven Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  April 12, 2018 | Rob Koplowitz, Michael Facemire

  In Forrester's evaluation of the emerging market for conversational computing platforms, we identified the seven most significant providers — Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Nuance Communications,...

• Report Build A Four-Tier Digital Engagement Platform

  March 22, 2018 | Michael Facemire, Ted Schadler

  Mobile is pushing aging web architectures to the brink. The three-tier architecture built for a browser-led PC world can't flex, scale, or respond to the needs of a good mobile experience or the...

• Report Measuring Mobile Apps

  January 17, 2018 | Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire

  Mobile users drive development teams to deliver new features and capabilities. Mobile performance management tools provide an essential feedback loop to guide the content of these updates. The...

• Report Developing Tomorrow's Digital Experiences

  December 22, 2017 | Julie Ask, Michael Facemire

  Digital channels are more amorphous and fragmented than ever. However, they share a common core: mobile. Mobile will emerge as the central choreographer in this broader, connected ecosystem....

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  Webinar Predictions 2018: Mobile Evolves Into The Digital Experience Conductor

  December 13, 2017 | Michael Facemire, Julie Ask, Thomas Husson

  2018 is the year that mobile becomes core to the digital ecosystem. Devices are evolving to seamlessly work together. Tooling is following that evolution, allowing developers to build for these...

• Report The New Dawn Of Functional Programming

  What Enterprises Need To Know About The Next Era Of Software Development

  December 11, 2017 | Michael Facemire, Amanda LeClair

  Functional programming (FP) is beginning to hit the mainstage. Requiring greater scale and dynamic experiences, the customer-facing software development world is outgrowing stateful,...

• Report Mobile Feast Or Beggar's Banquet?

  October 20, 2017 | Michael Facemire, Jeffrey Hammond

  The variety of mobile operating systems, devices, form factors, and middleware technologies make an implementation that simply extends existing websites impossible, as do the time-to-market and...

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  Webinar Forrester Futurology: The Future Of Application Development

  September 27, 2017 | Michael Facemire, Dave Bartoletti, Jeffrey Hammond

  This installment of Forrester Futurology examines the future of application development. We’ve seen the progression from individual application servers, to virtual machines, to containers,...

• Report Building A Mobile Business Case: It's A Steep Climb

  August 31, 2017 | Julie Ask, Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire

  Mobile app development may seem inexpensive, but it's not. While there are low-cost development tools and frameworks, apps require ongoing support and updates, and labor costs are high. Moreover,...

• Report Organize For Mobile Development Success

  March 7, 2017 | Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire

  Customer expectations are soaring as the mobile mind shift accelerates. To meet them, mobile development teams must release high-quality apps multiple times per year. It's important to focus on...

• Report Executive Q&A: Boost Your Chatbot IQ

  February 21, 2017 | Ian Jacobs, Andrew Hogan, Michael Facemire

  The combination of media and vendor hype about "world-changing technology" has propelled chatbots toward the peak of inflated expectations. Fear of missing the "next big thing" now pushes digital...

• Report Improving Mobile App Quality Testing

  January 11, 2017 | Michael Facemire

  Mobile is changing the way enterprises create software, but the same cannot be said for mobile testing — the variety of devices, operating systems, and front-end development technologies creates...

• Report Mobile Development: Smooth Sailing Or Titanic Voyage

  January 5, 2017 | Michael Facemire

  Mobile development presents a completely different set of challenges from past enterprise development projects. These challenges aren't limited to development teams. They permeate all aspects of...

• Report Choose The Right Mobile Development Solutions

  January 5, 2017 | Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire

  Traversing the mobile app dev technology landscape is challenging — particularly in light of different mobile development approaches, the range of infrastructure capabilities, and the development...

• Report Build Five-Star Mobile Apps

  January 4, 2017 | Jeffrey Hammond, Michael Facemire

  Companies hoping to reach customers through the mobile channel need to ensure that their apps get high ratings. So what's the best way for application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals...

• Report Chatbots 101: Building Conversational Interfaces

  Take A Progressive Approach To Building Chatbots That Aligns With Your App+ Mobile Strategy

  December 12, 2016 | Michael Facemire, Julie Ask, Andrew Hogan

  As smartphone communication shifts from voice to text and images, consumers are adopting messaging services at an unprecedented pace. In parallel, they're looking to use conversations for customer...

• Report Digital Transformation Using Node.js

  This Swiss Army Knife Is More Than Just An Application Platform

  November 10, 2016 | Michael Facemire

  Node.js the tool of choice for digital upstarts in Silicon Valley — but application development and delivery (AD&D) pros in enterprises around the world are successfully using it to transform their...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Mobile Development Platforms, Q4 2016

  The 12 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  October 24, 2016 | Michael Facemire

  In our 32-criteria evaluation of mobile development platform (MDP) vendors, we identified the 12 most significant ones — Amazon Web Services (AWS), AnyPresence, Appcelerator, IBM, Kinvey, Kony,...

• Report Vendor Landscape: Mobile Development Platforms

  Consolidated, Full-Stack Solutions For Implementing Mobile Strategies

  October 20, 2016 | Michael Facemire

  Application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals have many technology choices for building mobile experiences. Mobile development platforms (MDPs) aim to simplify these choices, but what...