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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. Gillett

  Internet-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...

• 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 Peyret

  In 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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  Report Vendor Landscape: B2C Mobile App-Dev Shops For Large Enterprises

  Most Providers Proclaim To "Show, Not Tell" — But Few Really Do

  October 26, 2016 | Liz Herbert, Jeffrey S. Hammond

  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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  Report Vendor Landscape: The Digital Transformation Capabilities Of Large Services Providers

  September 26, 2016 | Liz Herbert

  The 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...

• 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 Oehrlich

  In our 28-criteria evaluation of application performance management (APM) solutions, we identified the 14 most significant vendors — AppDynamics, AppNeta, BMC Software, CA Technologies, Dell,...

• 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

  September 1, 2016 | Robert Stroud, Richard Fichera

  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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  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

  August 29, 2016 | Sophia I. Vargas, Richard Fichera

  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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  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 Peyret

  In 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,...

• 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'Donnell

  As 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...

• 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 Cser

  In 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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  Report Vendor Landscape: Integration Strategy And Delivery Service Providers

  Rise Above Silos Of Application, Data, And Process Integration

  June 23, 2016 | Randy Heffner

  Since 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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  Report The Forrester Wave™: Big Data Hadoop-Optimized Systems, Q2 2016

  Hardware Optimized To Run Hadoop Delivers Quick Setup, Higher Performance, And Automation

  May 25, 2016 | Noel Yuhanna, Mike Gualtieri

  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

  May 23, 2016 | Naveen Chhabra, Bill Martorelli

  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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  Report The Forrester Wave™: Identity Management And Governance, Q2 2016

  Tools & Technology: The Identity And Access Management Playbook

  May 17, 2016 | Merritt Maxim

  In 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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  Report Vendor Landscape: Application Performance Management, Including Mobile APM, Q2 2016

  Vendors From All Specialties Are Converging On APM

  May 9, 2016 | Milan Hanson

  Application 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...

• For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals

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  Report How To Budget For Workforce And Customer-Facing Technologies In 2016 And Beyond

  Benchmarks: The Workforce Enablement Playbook

  April 29, 2016 | J. P. Gownder

  Infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders planning their budgets for 2016 and beyond must invest in the business technology (BT) agenda — that is, spending on technology that helps win, serve,...

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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 Heffner

  Far 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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  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. Nelson

  Enterprises 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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  Report The Software-Defined Data Center Is The Future Of Infrastructure Architecture

  Landscape: The Infrastructure Transformation Playbook

  March 18, 2016 | Richard Fichera, Robert Stroud

  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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  Report Forrester's Guide To The 18 Digital App Platform Vendors

  February 17, 2016 | John R. Rymer, Jeffrey S. Hammond

  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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  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 Whitworth

  In 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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  Report The Forrester Wave™: Hybrid Cloud Management Solutions, Q1 2016

  Tools And Technology: The Cloud Computing Playbook

  January 8, 2016 | Dave Bartoletti

  In 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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  Report Vendor Landscape: Active Directory Security And Governance Solutions

  Solutions To Help You Secure And Monitor Your Active Directory Infrastructure

  January 5, 2016 | Merritt Maxim, Andras Cser

  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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  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 Benkel

  In 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...

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  Report Vendor Landscape: Cloud Strategies Of Leading Global Infrastructure Outsourcing Providers

  If You Can't Beat The Hyperscale Public Clouds, Manage Them

  December 15, 2015 | Bill Martorelli, Dave Bartoletti

  Most large firms have already adopted cloud computing in some form, with many aggressively expanding their use. Cloud strategies of the global infrastructure outsourcing service providers have...