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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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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 How To Budget For Workforce And Customer-Facing Technologies For 2018 And Beyond
Benchmarks: The Workforce Enablement Playbook
Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders planning their budgets for 2018 and beyond must invest in business technology (BT) that helps win, serve, and retain customers. They must create a...
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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
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Report IoT Applications Require Distributed Analytics
Centralized Analytics Won't Work For Many IoT Use Cases
March 29, 2017 | Frank E. GillettInternet-of-things (IoT) technology offers new visibility into business operations and customer behavior by connecting the physical and digital worlds. Companies that have successfully implemented...
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Hybrid Integration For Enterprises, Q4 2016
The 11 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
November 18, 2016 | Henry PeyretIn our 24-criteria evaluation of hybrid integration providers, we identified the 11 most significant ones — Dell Boomi, Fiorano, IBM, Informatica, Liaison Technologies, MuleSoft, Oracle, Red Hat,...
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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
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Report Vendor Landscape: B2C Mobile App-Dev Shops For Large Enterprises
Most Providers Proclaim To "Show, Not Tell" — But Few Really Do
Customer-obsessed firms want to nail mobile moments, but many lack a cohesive consumer mobile app strategy. All too often we see business-to-consumer (B2C) app strategies suffer from apps that have...
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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
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Report Vendor Landscape: The Digital Transformation Capabilities Of Large Services Providers
September 26, 2016 | Liz HerbertThe technology industry is abuzz with talk of digital disruption, and our research shows that firms have a propensity to work with services partners due to the fast-moving and still-nascent nature...
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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Application Performance Management, Q3 2016
The 14 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
September 22, 2016 | Milan Hanson, Eveline OehrlichIn our 28-criteria evaluation of application performance management (APM) solutions, we identified the 14 most significant vendors — AppDynamics, AppNeta, BMC Software, CA Technologies, Dell,...
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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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Report Vendor Landscape: Software-Defined Data Centers
The SDDC Is Still A Work In Progress, But Progress Is Swift
To meet needs arising from the unprecedented acceleration of the digital business, infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals are shifting their attention from physical infrastructure to...
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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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Report Evolve Or Crumble: Prepare For The Fate Of The Hardware Incumbents
Traditional Infrastructure Players Evolve Their Strategies To Compete In A Cloud-First World
The cloud is driving increasingly customer-centric and data-rich services, and this infrastructure shift continues to transform and cannibalize hardware markets. The major technology incumbents...
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
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Report The Forrester Wave™: iPaaS For Dynamic Integration, Q3 2016
The Eight Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
July 20, 2016 | Henry PeyretIn our 32-criteria evaluation of providers of integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) for dynamic integration, we identified the eight most significant — Adeptia, Dell Boomi, Flowgear, IBM,...
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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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Report Brief: Dell Divests Software That Doesn't Fit Its "Quest" To Dominate The BT Agenda
Dell Sells Its Software Group — Here's What It Means for I&O Pros
July 8, 2016 | Glenn O'DonnellAs Dell prepares itself to build a new company around its EMC acquisition, it's shedding nearly its entire Dell Software Group. This deal gives infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals a...
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For Security & Risk Professionals
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Privileged Identity Management, Q3 2016
The 10 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
July 8, 2016 | Andras CserIn our 22-criteria evaluation of privileged identity management (PIM) providers, we identified the 10 most significant vendors — Balabit, BeyondTrust, Bomgar, CA Technologies, Centrify, CyberArk,...
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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
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Report Vendor Landscape: Integration Strategy And Delivery Service Providers
Rise Above Silos Of Application, Data, And Process Integration
June 23, 2016 | Randy HeffnerSince the 1990s, the integration landscape has continually expanded, with new styles, patterns, products, and deployment models. Today, digital transformation agendas intensify integration's...
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For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Hadoop-Optimized Systems, Q2 2016
Hardware Optimized To Run Hadoop Delivers Quick Setup, Higher Performance, And Automation
On-premises Hadoop deployments just got easier. General-purpose hardware infrastructure requires considerable time and effort to install, configure, tune, upgrade, and monitor Hadoop platforms....
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Report Vendor Landscape: Hybrid Cloud Management Solutions Of Major Service Providers, Q2 2016
Service providers are relying more upon software assets and intellectual property (IP) when carrying out client engagements. This is certainly true with hybrid cloud management: Providers are...
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For Security & Risk Professionals
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Identity Management And Governance, Q2 2016
The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
May 17, 2016 | Merritt MaximIn our 17-criteria evaluation of identity management and governance providers, we identified the nine most significant ones — CA Technologies, Courion, Dell, IBM, Micro Focus (NetIQ), Oracle, RSA,...
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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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Report Vendor Landscape: Application Performance Management, Including Mobile APM, Q2 2016
Vendors From All Specialties Are Converging On APM
May 9, 2016 | Milan HansonApplication performance management (APM) has graduated from monitoring back-end systems to helping delight customers. Infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals tasked with managing today's...
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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
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Report Vendor Landscape: API Strategy And Delivery Service Providers
All Buyers Should Look At API Business Strategy Capabilities
April 19, 2016 | Randy HeffnerFar beyond their usefulness for mobile apps and internal integration, APIs open new angles into business strategy. Even CEOs and chief strategy officers need to pay attention. The strategic...
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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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Report Vendor Landscape: Private Cloud Software Solutions, Q2 2016
Varied Building Blocks Lay The Foundation, But It's Up To You To Make It A True Private Cloud
April 12, 2016 | Lauren E. NelsonEnterprises turn to the private cloud market for fast provisioning of resources, delivering public cloud-like capabilities internally. However, this market comprises more than one category of...
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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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Report The Software-Defined Data Center Is The Future Of Infrastructure Architecture
Landscape: The Infrastructure Transformation Playbook
Traditional data center thinking must end. Better automation tools, container abstractions, software-defined networks, and composable infrastructure stacks have ushered in a software-defined data...
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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals
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Report Forrester's Guide To The 18 Digital App Platform Vendors
This toolkit is a companion to the Forrester report "Vendor Landscape: Digital App Platforms." The graphics detail the digital application platforms of Adobe, Alibaba, Amazon, Apple, Cisco, the...
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For Security & Risk Professionals
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Information Security Consulting Services, Q1 2016
The 13 Global Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
January 29, 2016 | Martin WhitworthIn Forrester's 31-criteria evaluation of information security consulting service providers, we identified the 13 most significant firms in the category — Accenture, Atos, BAE Systems, Dell...
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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
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Report The Forrester Wave™: Hybrid Cloud Management Solutions, Q1 2016
Tools And Technology: The Cloud Computing Playbook
January 8, 2016 | Dave BartolettiIn Forrester's 32-criteria evaluation of hybrid cloud management solution vendors, we identified 11 significant software providers — BMC Software, Citrix, CliQr Technologies, Dell, Hewlett Packard...
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For Security & Risk Professionals
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Report Vendor Landscape: Active Directory Security And Governance Solutions
Solutions To Help You Secure And Monitor Your Active Directory Infrastructure
Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) has evolved into the most widely used enterprise repository for digital identities. AD's growing importance also means it's a tempting target for hackers who...
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For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals
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Report The Forrester Wave™: North American Workplace Services, Q4 2015
The 14 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
December 17, 2015 | Bill Martorelli, Wolfgang BenkelIn Forrester's 26-criteria evaluation of North American (NA) services vendors, we identified the 14 most significant providers — Atos, Capgemini, Cognizant, CompuCom (The Global Workspace...