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Forum Digital Transformation & Innovation 2019
Master Tech-Driven Transformation
The lure of digital transformation Much of the allure of digital transformation was in its promise of leading market disruption and innovation. If you added a few emerging technologies here,...
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Report Seven Shifts That Will Define The Next-Generation Networking Professional
Macro Technology Trends Are Redefining The Role
April 11, 2019 | Andre KindnessIn the emerging software-driven world, the 30-year-old approach of managing the network by command-line interface has hit the end of the road. Many networking professionals wonder if software is...
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Report Assess The Pain-Gain Tradeoff Of Multicloud Strategies
Learn The Difference Between Strategic Multicloud And Ineffective Complexity
Multicloud and hybrid cloud are equally useless terms, and yet, in reality, they define your obvious cloud strategy. Having multiple platforms, cloud and noncloud, allows for flexibility and...
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Report Create A Customer Engagement Network To Accelerate Your Digital Business
Build A Customer-Centric Networking Infrastructure, Not A Technology-Focused Platform
February 20, 2019 | Andre KindnessAs infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders move to support digital initiatives, they'll come to the difficult realization that their current network infrastructure can't adequately support...
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Report What To Consider When Exploring Passive Optical LAN
Make Accurate Comparisons With Traditional LANs When Building Your Next Network Design
January 31, 2019 | Andre KindnessThe impact of digitalization and smart offices has raised businesses' concerns about energy consumption around the globe. Some vendors are pitching passive optical LAN (POL) as a way to save up to...
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Report Scoring Our 2018 Cloud Predictions
We Were Spot-On For Three, Early On Four, And Reaching On Three
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...
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Report Edge Computing Will Radically Alter Your Infrastructure Strategy
Road Map: The Infrastructure Transformation Playbook
Edge computing and internet of things (IoT) are transformational technologies, extending ubiquitous connectivity and control to the physical world. Only our imaginations limit applications built to...
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Report Emerging Technology Spotlight: Businesswide Networking Fabric
Businesswide Networking Fabric Enriches Your Digital Business Value
December 3, 2018 | Andre KindnessBusinesswide networking fabrics have started to disrupt traditional networking service providers and vendors. Enterprises must understand what this disruptive technology is, when it will be mature,...
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Webinar It’s Time To Throw Out Five Old Networking Metrics And Embrace Five New Ones
August 14, 2018 | Andre KindnessMetrics are key to using technology correctly and enabling smart business decisions. While many networking organizations have adopted new technologies, few have changed their measurements systems;...
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Report LoWPAN Technologies Redefine Wireless Infrastructure And Operations
How To Pick The Right Low-Power Wireless Personal-Area Networking Technology
July 31, 2018 | Andre KindnessWhile 5G and low-power 4G derivatives are often the focus in internet-of-things (IoT) connectivity discussions, most IoT devices — due to fit, form, and function — will transmit over very short...
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Report The Top Emerging Technologies To Watch 2018
To outpace the competition, CIOs must keep a constant finger on the pulse of technology change. Forrester has identified 12 emerging technologies with massive disruptive potential; their impact...
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Report Five Networking Metrics To Discard — And Five To Embrace
Traditional Networking Metrics Are Smothering Your Digital Initiatives
May 18, 2018 | Andre KindnessMetrics are key to using technology correctly and enabling smart business decisions. While many networking organizations have adopted new technologies, few have changed their measurements systems;...
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Hardware Platforms For Software-Defined Networking, Q1 2018
Tools And Technology: The Infrastructure Transformation Playbook
March 7, 2018 | Andre KindnessIn our 40-criteria evaluation of data center hardware platforms for software-defined networking (SDN), we identified the nine most significant players — Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Arista Networks,...
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Report IoT Use Case Requirements Will Shape Your Need For 5G
How To Gauge The Readiness Of 5G And Its Impact On Your Network Strategy
Vendors and the media are spurring interest in the promise of 5G networks to enable enterprises to deploy internet of things (IoT)-enabled use cases requiring high bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and...
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Report Implementation Timelines Will Drive Your IoT Low-Power Wireless WAN Technology Decision
How To Pick The Right Low-Power Wide-Area Network Wireless Technology
February 2, 2018 | Andre KindnessAs utilities, vehicle manufacturers, construction firms, and other businesses embark on internet-of-things (IoT) initiatives as part of digital transformation, they're running into the limitations...
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Report Scoring Our 2017 Cloud Predictions
We Were Spot On For Three, Early On Half, And Reaching On Two
Every year, Forrester predicts what lies ahead for cloud in the year to come. But do these predictions hold weight in the upcoming year? This report holds us, the prediction makers, accountable by...
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Report Quick Take: Innovate Around The Death Of Net Neutrality
With Internet Providers Free To Build Slow And Fast Lanes, Design Around Cost And Bandwidth Uncertainty
December 14, 2017 | Sophia I. Vargas, Susan Bidel, Andre KindnessThe US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has repealed the 2015 regulations requiring equal treatment for all internet traffic, commonly known as net neutrality. If they choose, carriers can...
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Report Predictions 2018: Cloud Computing Accelerates Enterprise Transformation Everywhere
New Private Cloud Options And Even More Public Cloud And SaaS Innovations Will Power Enterprise Transformation In 2018
After a decade of powering digital transformation in small and medium-size businesses, cloud computing has quickly become a must-have enterprise technology. Cloud's impact has been global, yet...
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Webinar Uncover Digital Store Technologies That Put Customer and Associate Experiences First
August 15, 2017 | Ananda Chakravarty, Andre KindnessKroger, Walmart, and almost every major retailer have looked at the problem of customer convenience over the last decade, and all of us have faced long queues, impatient customers, and frustrating...
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Report Vendor Landscape: Programmable Data Center Hardware Switches, Q3 2017
August 10, 2017 | Andre KindnessTraditional networks can't keep up with the pace of change within the data center. Many infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals have investigated various technologies to deploy the five...
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Report Adapt Your Network Strategy To Thrive In A Shifting Ecosystem
Old And New Players Disrupt Standards And Solutions In The Communication Market
July 28, 2017 | Sophia I. Vargas, Andre KindnessBusinesses increasingly depend on cloud to help deliver differentiated services to customers. As a consequence, rampant adoption of new infrastructure platforms has changed the composition of the...
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Report Rumors Of VMware's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
VMware Faces Great Challenges But Keeps Delivering Growth, Defying Its Critics
VMware, for years one of Silicon Valley's darlings, has struggled to find its place in the new world of cloud computing. Skepticism over its long-term viability continues because of unprecedented...
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Report Huawei Is Unifying Its Cloud Strategy But Must Strengthen Its Software
The Firm Still Needs To Improve Analytics, AI, Automation, And Orchestration
CIOs can no longer see Huawei as just a telco equipment provider. In 2016, Huawei's annual revenue grew by 32% to US$75 billion, 59% of which came from outside of China — making it the largest...
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Report Pick The Right IoT Network Strategy
Sorting Through The Latest Wireless Technologies And Choosing The Right Architecture To Connect IoT Devices
Network-connected sensors and actuators improve business operations and transform products. But internet-of-things (IoT) requirements stretch current enterprise networking technologies past their...