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• Report Three Imperatives For Advanced CX Measurement Programs

  Advanced Level: Measurement Practices For CX Transformation

  February 24, 2021 | Maxie Schmidt-Subramanian

  Once customer experience (CX) transformation leaders have evolved and scaled their CX measurement program, they need to further advance its effectiveness and efficiency. This report lays out three...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Contract Lifecycle Management For All Contracts, Q1 2021

  The 11 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  February 24, 2021 | Andrew Bartels

  In our 32-criterion evaluation of contract lifecycle management (CLM) software providers, we identified the 11 most significant ones — Agiloft, CobbleStone Software, Conga, ContractPodAi, DocuSign,...

• Report Research Overview: Tech Titans In Healthcare, Banking, And Retail

  A Guide To Forrester's Research On The Tech Titans

  February 23, 2021 | Alyson Clarke, Arielle Trzcinski

  The "tech titans" — Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google — are expanding into the healthcare, banking, and retail sectors. They will look to further reorient customer expectations as they take on...

• Report Future Jobs: Australia's Automation Dividends And Deficits, 2020 To 2030

  A Future Of Jobs Series Report

  February 22, 2021 | Sam Higgins, Satish Meena, J. P. Gownder

  While the advent of AI and robotics will inevitably lead to job losses or automation deficits, these forces will affect different occupations at different times and in different ways. To help you...

• Report Get Your AI Ready For Prime Time With AI Consultancies In Asia Pacific

  AI Consultancies In APAC Focus On Scaling AI To Production And Deploying Responsible AI

  February 18, 2021 | Achim Granzen

  Forrester's recent Now Tech overview of artificial intelligence consultancies in Asia Pacific (APAC) provides insight into the offerings and positioning of 23 leading AI service providers. This...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Enterprise Business Insights And Analytics, Q1 2021

  Intermediate Level: Technology Practices For Insights-Driven Businesses

  February 17, 2021 | Boris Evelson

  Turning raw data into actionable insights is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain customers. To accelerate their journey to become insights driven, companies are...

• Report How AI And Automation Drive Better Customer Service Experiences

  Follow Six Simple Steps To Avoid Frustrating Customers When Deploying AI And Automation In Customer Service

  February 16, 2021 | Karine Cardona-Smits, Ian Jacobs

  AI and automation are in demand for companies exploring ways to reduce their call center costs. But when companies fail to take the right approach, they disappoint both customers and employees....

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Sales Technologies, Q1 2021

  15 Technologies That Underpin Sales

  February 16, 2021 | Mary Shea, PhD

  Sales technologies are increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain customers. To accelerate revenue performance, companies are evaluating and adopting a range of contributing...

• Report Harness Emerging Technologies To Guide Business Strategy

  Advanced Level: Technology Practices For IT Transformation

  February 12, 2021 | Bobby Cameron, Brian Hopkins, Ted Schadler

  Tech leaders in advanced firms treat technology as a business asset, making IT transformation a foundation for new customer-obsessed business models. As part of their future fit technology, they...

• Report Analytics And Automation Anchor A Future Fit Experience Architecture

  Vision: The Digital Experience Delivery Playbook

  February 12, 2021 | Nick Barber, Allen Bonde

  Creating high-impact, scalable digital experiences is a key milestone to digital transformation. Yet, doing it more efficiently separates winning strategies from the manually intensive....

• Report AI 2.0: Upgrade Your Enterprise With Five Next-Generation AI Advances

  Advanced Level: Technology Practices For Insights-Driven Businesses

  February 9, 2021 | Kjell Carlsson, PhD, Brandon Purcell, Mike Gualtieri

  Just when you thought you knew what AI could and couldn't do, it quietly gets a radical upgrade. Five key advances redefine AI use cases and break the chains that have shackled enterprise AI...

• Report Now Tech: AI Consultancies, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 40 AI Service Providers

  February 4, 2021 | Michele Goetz

  You can use AI consultancies to accelerate impact and time-to-value with AI, de-risk AI-driven business activities and offers, and upskill your enterprise to become AI native. But to realize these...

• Report The State Of Consumers And Technology, 2020

  Increasingly Intimate Technologies Spark The Next Mind Shift

  February 2, 2021 | Anjali Lai

  Technology became a lifeline for consumers during the crises of 2020: Consumers now spend more time using more devices for more sophisticated tasks. What is the result of this intense reliance on...

• Report The State Of Robotic Process Automation Maturity In Asia Pacific

  Buyer Analysis Reveals Trends In People, Process, Technology, And Governance

  February 1, 2021 | Leslie Joseph

  Firms in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region were not the first to the robotic process automation (RPA) party. However, they have been drivers for a recent and sustained surge of interest. To understand...

• Report The Three Customer Service Megatrends In 2021: Post-Pandemic Customer Service Excellence

  Vision: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  January 25, 2021 | Kate Leggett

  The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the importance of customer service to nurture customers, retain and increase their loyalty, and grow revenue. Customer service leaders are also accelerating...

• Report The Five CRM Trends In 2021 That Will Shape Engagement, Relationships, And Revenue

  Vision: The CRM Playbook

  January 22, 2021 | Kate Leggett

  In the age of the customer, customer experience (CX) is the only source of competitive differentiation. CRM has the power to transform customer relationships, but firms have only started to tap its...

• Report Anticipatory Experiences: The Challenges

  Anticipating Customers' Needs And Serving Them Proactively In Their Moments Is Extremely Difficult

  January 20, 2021 | Julie Ask

  Businesses believe they can deliver value to their customers and differentiate from their competition by anticipating customers' needs and acting on that information. Both aspects — anticipating...

• Report Forrester Infographic: Conversational AI Raised Efficacy But Not CX During The Pandemic In Asia

  January 20, 2021 | Vasupradha Srinivasan

  Most organizations see value in service automation, especially when managing a crisis. Many have also made significant investments in service automation as a way to improve efficiency and customer...

• Report The Forrester Tech Tide™: Contact Center Technologies For Customer Service, Q1 2021

  Twenty Technologies Underpin Customer Service

  January 19, 2021 | Kate Leggett, Ian Jacobs, Art Schoeller

  Customer service is increasingly critical to firms' ability to win, serve, and retain their customers. To accelerate their performance in customer service, companies are evaluating and adopting a...

• Report Transform Customer Engagement In These Disruptive Times With A Digital Intelligence Vision

  Vision: The Digital Intelligence Playbook

  January 13, 2021 | James McCormick

  The opportunity to engage customers digitally has never been greater — but so is the cost of failing to meet their expectations. Many digital analytics practices are siloed, tactical, and fixated...

• 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 Now Tech: AI Consultancies In Asia Pacific, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 23 AI Service Providers In Asia Pacific

  January 12, 2021 | Achim Granzen

  You can use AI consultancies to determine the business objectives for AI, scale and progress AI from proof of concept to production, and set up AI operations and governance frameworks. But to...

• Report Now Tech: B2B Marketing Data Providers, Q1 2021

  Forrester's Overview Of 36 B2B Marketing Data Providers

  January 11, 2021 | Steven Casey

  You can use B2B marketing data providers to create personalized and timely account-centric engagement, improve customer marketing, and achieve true customer obsession. But to realize these...

• Report Digital Operations Platforms: The Core Of Your Future Fit Tech Strategy

  Executive Overview: The Digital Operations Platforms Playbook

  January 6, 2021 | Liz Herbert

  Enterprises cannot achieve great customer success, digital disruption, and long-term growth and profitability without the right approach to core enterprise applications. To thrive, application...

• Report How To Secure And Govern Non-Human Identities

  Apply Zero Trust IAM Principles To Secure Software Bots, Physical Robots, And IoT Devices

  January 6, 2021 | Sean Ryan, Chase Cunningham

  Do you know how many software bots, physical robots, or IoT devices are connected to your network? How many of these devices store or interact with critical data? Such nonhumans boost productivity...