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• Report Research Overview: Benchmark Your Enterprise Cloud Adoption

  Benchmarks: The Cloud Computing Playbook

  March 5, 2021 | Lauren Nelson, Bill Martorelli, Tracy Woo

  Cloud offers technology leaders a fundamentally new approach to how their organizations build, deploy, and manage software and infrastructure. Despite cloud's popularity, infrastructure and...

• Report Research Overview: 5G Technology, Products, And Services

  A Guide To Help Tech Organizations Optimize The Use Of 5G In The Business

  February 22, 2021 | Andre Kindness, Michele Pelino

  3G and 4G services gave birth to the mobile mindset; 5G will change the way businesses engage their customers and operate. A cornucopia of new 5G technology features will challenge professionals on...

• 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 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 Market For Microsoft Business Applications Services Will Hit $10.3 Billion In 2025

  Implementation Service Providers Race To Build Solutions And Capabilities

  December 17, 2020 | Leslie Joseph

  Microsoft's portfolio of business applications in the cloud encompasses Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. These applications have seen significant growth, supported by a fast-growing but fragmented...

• 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...

• 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 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 Choose The Right Customer Service Solution For Your Business

  Tools And Technology: The Contact Centers For Customer Service Playbook

  July 9, 2020 | Ian Jacobs, Kate Leggett

  Delivering a differentiated customer experience (CX) requires the right technologies, processes, and organizational structures. Therefore, application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals...

• Report Now Tech: Oracle Apps Implementation Services Providers, Q2 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 28 Oracle Services Providers

  July 1, 2020 | Amanda LeClair, Liz Herbert

  Oracle customers can leverage apps implementation services providers to accelerate their shift to the cloud, foster innovation, and help with business disruption and change during these...

• Report Australia Tech Market Outlook, 2020 To 2021

  The COVID-19 Recession Will Wipe Out Already Slowing Growth

  June 22, 2020 | Sam Higgins, Andrew Bartels

  In mid-2019, CIOs prepared budgets and tech vendors set marketing plans for the future — but the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. Forecasting has become increasingly difficult, but...

• Report Your Definition Of Future Work Should Shape Your Operating Structure

  Classify Your Future Work For Successful Delivery In The Long Run

  June 4, 2020 | Gordon Barnett, Bobby Cameron

  As firms become more customer obsessed, the CIO mandate becomes richer and more complex — and that shapes the work that IT organizations must do. To succeed in this ever-changing environment, CIOs...

• Report Your Automation Psychology And Roadmap Just Shifted Gears

  Ease The Pain With A Skills-Based Future-Of-Work Plan

  May 29, 2020 | Craig Le Clair

  Forrester's "The Forrester Tech Tide™: Intelligent Automation, Q1 2020" highlights 19 intelligent automation (IA) technologies and advises on investment priorities. But because of COVID-19, the...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Global SAP Services Providers, Q2 2020

  The 13 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  May 13, 2020 | Amanda LeClair, Liz Herbert

  In our 28-criterion evaluation of global SAP services providers, we identified the 13 most significant ones — Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, Deloitte, EY, HCL Technologies, IBM, Infosys, NTT DATA,...

• Report Don't Hinder Effective Business Execution With Rigid Reporting Lines

  Power Your Firm's Customer Obsession — Evolve From Functional To Adaptive Structures

  May 12, 2020 | Gordon Barnett, Bobby Cameron

  As firms become more customer obsessed, the CIO mandate becomes richer and more complex — customer led, insights driven, fast, and connected. Succeeding in this ever-changing environment means CIOs...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: IoT Consultancies In Asia Pacific, Q2 2020

  The Eight Service Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  April 30, 2020 | Achim Granzen

  In our 23-criterion evaluation of internet-of-things (IoT) consultancies in Asia Pacific (AP), we identified the eight most significant ones — Accenture, Birlasoft, Capgemini, Deloitte, DXC...

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  Webinar Forrester's Guide To Vendor Localization Strategy In China

  April 14, 2020 | Charlie Dai, Danny Mu, Xiaofeng Wang

  The ongoing trade war and the slowdown of the domestic Chinese economy are challenging the adoption of foreign products and services not only for Chinese firms but also for international companies...

• Report Now Tech: Colocation And Data Centers, Q2 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 20 Data Center And Colocation Providers

  April 13, 2020 | Abhijit Sunil

  You can use colocation providers to optimize your infrastructure spending, increase uptime and reliability features, and unlock the best possible network connectivity options across your network...

• Report The Top Five Best Practices For RPA In Customer Service

  How To Drive Great Agent And Customer Experiences With RPA

  April 6, 2020 | Kate Leggett

  Just under half of customer service operations we surveyed are using robotic process automation (RPA) to automate repeatable agent tasks. RPA helps onboard agents faster, boosts their confidence,...

• Report Embrace These Five Sourcing Trends For Managed Services And Cloud In 2020

  Apply New Thinking, From Service-Blocks Flexibility To Cocreation Engagements For Your Dev Teams

  March 4, 2020 | Bill Martorelli

  As the nature of sourcing demand and delivery continues to evolve, infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals will witness the impact of service delivery automation, which has been...

• Report IoT Service Providers In Asia Pacific Shift Their Clients' Business Into High Gear

  Smart Industry And Smart Infrastructure Projects Garner The Most Investment

  February 24, 2020 | Achim Granzen

  Forrester's recent Now Tech overview of internet of things (IoT) consultancies in Asia Pacific (AP) provides insights into the offerings and positioning of 19 leading IoT service providers. This...

• Report Forrester's Guide To Vendor Localization Strategy In China

  A Local Vendor Checklist For Doing Business In China In The Face Of The Trade War

  February 21, 2020 | Charlie Dai, Danny Mu

  The ongoing trade war between the US and China and the slowdown of the latter's economy are challenging the adoption of foreign products and services for both Chinese firms — especially government...

• Report Now Tech: Insights-Driven Business Process Outsourcing, Q1 2020

  Forrester's Overview Of 34 Insights-Driven BPO Providers

  February 14, 2020 | Leslie Joseph, Ian Jacobs

  You can use insights-driven business process outsourcing (BPO) to enhance the value of classic BPO; apply analytics, AI, and automation in the context of customer or back-office processes; and...