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• Report Research Overview: Machine Learning For Information Platforms

  Landscape: The Data Management Playbook

  November 22, 2019 | Michele Goetz, Noel Yuhanna

  It's not just data that's growing — the ecosystem landscape and use cases are also growing and increasing in sophistication. Manual administration, management, and engineering of data create...

• Forum Data Strategy & Insights 2019

  The Insights-Driven Enterprise: Data Strategies for Business Transformation

  November 5, 2019 | Austin | Brandon Purcell, Noel Yuhanna, Boris Evelson

  It's time to stop drowning in data. The insights-driven enterprise is dependent on a critical, shared resource: deep pools of data. Data analytics, data governance, and data infrastructure are...

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  Playbook The Data Management Playbook For 2019

  Your Business Is Only As Fast As Your Data

  What you know — and how well you use that knowledge — fuels your competitiveness and growth. To keep up with empowered customers and nimble competitors, you must change how your firm provisions and...

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• Report The Forrester Wave™: Streaming Analytics, Q3 2019

  The 11 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  September 23, 2019 | Mike Gualtieri

  In our 26-criterion evaluation of streaming analytics providers, we identified the 11 most significant ones — Alibaba, Amazon Web Services, Cloudera, EsperTech, Google, IBM, Impetus, Microsoft,...

• Report Research Overview: Text Analytics Technology

  A Guide To General-Purpose And Domain-Specific Platforms For Text Analytics

  July 18, 2019 | Boris Evelson

  To become an insights-driven business, organizations must strive to turn all data at their disposal into actionable insights. This is especially challenging when both structured and unstructured...

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  Webinar Think You're Doing Data Sourcing Right? Think Again

  June 11, 2019 | Jennifer Belissent, Ph.D.

  Decision makers know they need to be insights-driven to create differentiation and competitive advantage. They know their own internal data isn’t enough. In today's competitive environment,...

• Report Big Data Fabric 2.0 Drives Data Democratization

  Advanced Level: Data Practices For Insights-Driven Businesses

  May 9, 2019 | Noel Yuhanna

  Business users want faster and easier access to trusted data to make accurate business decisions, while technology organizations want to simplify data management. Three years ago, Forrester...

• Report Data Warehouse Automation Platforms Help Close The Data-To-Insight Gap

  Seven DWA Vendors Bring Agility To The Entire BI/Analytics Development Life Cycle

  April 24, 2019 | Boris Evelson, Elizabeth Cullen

  Self-service business intelligence (BI), analytics, and data preparation platforms only partially support Agile development of BI applications. Parts of the process, like data modeling, still...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Big Data NoSQL, Q1 2019

  The 15 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  March 14, 2019 | Noel Yuhanna

  NoSQL has become critical for all businesses to support modern business applications. In our 26-criterion evaluation of NoSQL providers, we identified the 15 most significant ones — Aerospike,...

• Report Future-Proof Your Data Management Architecture

  Seven Strategies To Consider In Keeping Your Architectures Current

  March 13, 2019 | Noel Yuhanna

  Changing business requirements and new technologies drive constant change in data management architectures. Without an effective data management strategy, organizations won't meet the growing...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Hadoop/Spark Platforms, Q1 2019

  Tools And Technology: The Data Management Playbook

  February 13, 2019 | Noel Yuhanna, Mike Gualtieri

  Cloud Hadoop/Spark (HARK) platforms accelerate insights by automating the storage, processing, and accessing of big data. In our 25-criterion evaluation of HARK providers, we identified the 11 most...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Insight Platforms, Q1 2019

  The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  January 7, 2019 | Brian Hopkins

  In our 21-criterion evaluation of enterprise insight platforms (EIPs), which combine data management, analytics, and insight application development tooling, we identified the nine most significant...

• Report Data Technology Pathfinder

  December 19, 2018 | Michele Goetz

  The variety, velocity, and volume of data continue to explode; business stakeholders want direct access to diverse data; and firms now set policies and assume the risk of data management and usage....

• Report Upgrade Your BI Data Architecture For Agile Insights, Part 1

  The Three-Part Guide To BI Modernization

  December 4, 2018 | Boris Evelson

  The three-tier "layer cake" business intelligence (BI) architecture based on ETL, an enterprise data warehouse, and a BI tool is inflexible and outdated. This report, part one of our BI...

• Report Get Faster And Better Insights From Your BI Tools, Part 2

  The Three-Part Guide To BI Modernization

  December 4, 2018 | Boris Evelson

  A single enterprise business intelligence (BI) platform that only targets descriptive and diagnostic analytics applications is a thing of the past, especially for large enterprises. This report...

• Report Move BI To The Cloud To Achieve Greater Agility, Part 3

  The Three-Part Guide To BI Modernization

  December 4, 2018 | Boris Evelson

  An on-premises, single-tenant business intelligence (BI) platform is inflexible and outdated. This report makes recommendations to application development and delivery (AD&D) pros working on BI...

• Report Four Steps To A Data Management Strategy In Light Of Big Data

  Strategic Plan: The Data Management Playbook

  November 16, 2018 | Michele Goetz, Mike Gualtieri

  Data is the lifeblood of your entire organization. It should enlighten every function of the business, including CX, operations, marketing, sales, service, and finance. A data management (DM)...

• Report STIR Your Data For Context

  The Definitive Guide To Semantics

  November 8, 2018 | Michele Goetz

  Your business stakeholders, data scientists, and analysts want data to just work. Today, that simply isn't the case. They are spending too much time taking on data management and governance tasks...

• Report Predictions 2019: Business Insights

  Don't Demonize Data — It's Still The Lifeblood Of Business Insights

  November 6, 2018 | Jennifer Belissent, Ph.D., Cinny Little, Mike Gualtieri

  While AI is the darling of the day, enterprises often forget that to leverage the power of AI, you still need to transform your business into an insights-driven business. That means continuing to...

• Report Reclaim Your Semantic Desert To Monetize Your Data

  Use Machine Learning Data Catalogs To Automate Semantics At Scale

  September 7, 2018 | Michele Goetz

  Data management has relied heavily on the logical and physical aspects of data and systems. The result? Rigid, brittle systems that don't support multiple use cases or adapt quickly to new business...

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  Webinar Your Data Is Worth Nothing — Unless You Use It

  August 29, 2018 | Jennifer Belissent, Ph.D.

  As the data economy heats up, the fear of being left behind leaves some company execs in a cold sweat. “What’s my data worth?” is top of mind. Companies are looking for ways to...

• Report Now Tech: Hadoop/Spark Platforms, Q3 2018

  Forrester's Overview Of 18 Hadoop/Spark Platform Providers

  July 20, 2018 | Noel Yuhanna, Mike Gualtieri

  You can use Hadoop/Spark (HARK) platforms to access open source innovation, become significantly more productive, and foster collaboration. But to access these benefits, you'll first have to select...

• Report Use IoT To Link Physical Operations And Digital Business

  Integrated Systems Of Insight Create Competitive Advantage

  July 18, 2018 | Brian Hopkins, Frank E. Gillett

  In many companies, internet-of-things (IoT) projects are isolated, with no connection to digital business initiatives. Companies miss out on combining real-world insights with digital business...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Machine Learning Data Catalogs, Q2 2018

  The 12 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  June 21, 2018 | Michele Goetz

  In our 29-criteria evaluation of machine learning data catalogs (MLDCs) providers, we identified the 12 most significant ones — Alation, Cambridge Semantics, Cloudera, Collibra, Hortonworks, IBM,...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Fabric, Q2 2018

  The 15 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  June 12, 2018 | Noel Yuhanna

  Big data fabric, an emerging platform, accelerates insights by automating ingestion, curation, discovery, preparation, and integration from data silos. Forrester identified the 15 most significant...