Forrester IT

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Our merry band of Forrester analysts covering enterprise architecture, infrastructure, application development, application security, and technology strategy meets periodically to share research, debate trends, and dive into breaking news. Happy holidays from the DevOps Theme Team!

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Forrester IT

MARCH 12, 2020

To make your architecture and design patterns stronger, separate the two. At its core, microservice strategy aims to create technical […]. Stop Conflating Microservices With APIs Too often in client conversations, Forrester hears the terms “microservice” and “API” used interchangeably.

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Forrester IT

MAY 7, 2024

AppGen platforms will integrate the steps of software analysis, development, security, testing, and delivery by providing TuringBots for both low-code and high-code development spanning every step — all while incorporating the principles of agile and DevOps along the way.

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Information Week

APRIL 8, 2024

Before jumping into an AI strategy, organizations need to ensure that their architecture can support AI applications, and that means modernizing that underlying architecture.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

To fully benefit from AI, organizations must take bold steps to accelerate the time to value for these applications. People : To implement a successful Operational AI strategy, an organization needs a dedicated ML platform team to manage the tools and processes required to operationalize AI models.

Architecture 128

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Data architecture definition Data architecture describes the structure of an organizations logical and physical data assets, and data management resources, according to The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). An organizations data architecture is the purview of data architects. Ensure security and access controls.

Architecture 98

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In the Forrester/InfoWorld Enterprise Architecture Awards competition, we look for the most dramatic stories of EA’s strategic leadership and concrete business impact.

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Forrester IT

MARCH 15, 2021

If you’re not familiar, Dapr is a coding framework intended to solve the challenges of modern distributed applications. With the recent announcement that Dapr has reached its first production-ready release, we finally see a viable response to Istio and perhaps the rest of the service mesh industry from Microsoft.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 7, 2023

In our recent report, “The Buyer’s Journey: Business Applications” we looked at respondents who purchased or will purchase a business application. Forrester’s Buyers’ Journey Survey, 2022 asked global purchase influencers about their experiences of making a variety of technology and non-technology purchases for their businesses.

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Forrester IT

MAY 28, 2024

Thanks to TuringBots (AI and generative AI for software development), software development is on the cusp of a transformative change, one that promises to redefine the way development teams collaborate, create, and deploy applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In an era marked by heightened environmental, social and governance (ESG) scrutiny and rapid artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, the integration of actionable sustainable principles in enterprise architecture (EA) is indispensable. Is your IT sustainable? since 2007. Material value is $62.5 billion, but only 20% is recycled.

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Forrester IT

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Congratulations to Enel as the EMEA region winner for Forrester’s inaugural Technology Strategy Impact award.

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

This is a natural next step in Hyland’s recent rejuvenation strategy. Both vendors were named as “Leaders” in The Forrester Wave™: ECM Content Platforms, Q3 2019 (subscription req’d). Hyland’s investments over the last year include the […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In our fast-changing digital world, it’s essential to sync IT strategies with business objectives for lasting success. Effective IT strategy requires not just technical expertise but a focus on adaptability and customer-centricity, enabling organizations to stay ahead in a fast-changing marketplace.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

C R Srinivasan, EVP of cloud and cybersecurity services and chief digital officer at Tata Communications, sees many enterprises “getting more nuanced” with their cloud use and strategies in an effort to balance performance, costs, and security.

Strategy 144

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Although some continue to leap without looking into cloud deals, the value of developing a comprehensive cloud strategy has become evident. Without a clear cloud strategy and broad leadership support, even value-adding cloud investments may be at risk. And it’s never too late for CIOs to reassess their cloud strategies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 22, 2024

This has forced CIOs to question the resilience of their cloud environments and explore alternative strategies. The outcome of the review may still be the same decision but necessary to review,” Gupta said, adding that DishTV is already re-evaluating its cloud strategy in a phased manner after the Crowdstrike incident.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Perhaps the most exciting aspect of cultivating an AI strategy is choosing use cases to bring to life. To that end, you IT leaders are grappling with some critical questions as they pursue GenAI application development. To that end, you IT leaders are grappling with some critical questions as they pursue GenAI application development.

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Forrester IT

MARCH 2, 2023

This blog outlines Forrester’s existing Security & Risk research to help organizations navigate, manage, and prepare their organizations for the implications of the National Cybersecurity Strategy.

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Nonpublic 5G networks promise better privacy, data security, compliance, and cellular network performance; they also offer safer and more private features for dedicated user groups.

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Network World

OCTOBER 10, 2024

New research from IBM finds that enterprises are further along in deploying AI applications on the big iron than might be expected: 78% of IT executives surveyed said their organizations are either piloting projects or operationalizing initiatives that incorporate AI technology.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Cloud strategies are undergoing a sea change of late, with CIOs becoming more intentional about making the most of multiple clouds. A lot of ‘multicloud’ strategies were not actually multicloud. Today’s strategies are increasingly multicloud by intention,” she adds.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

More organizations than ever have adopted some sort of enterprise architecture framework, which provides important rules and structure that connect technology and the business. The results of this company’s enterprise architecture journey are detailed in IDC PeerScape: Practices for Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (September 2024).

Architecture 115

Architecture Enterprise Enterprise Disaster Recovery 115

Network World

MAY 22, 2024

The research, released this week, analyzes the networking challenges, IT and business priorities, architectural maturity, and investment strategies of 2,052 IT professionals across 10 global industries. Network architectures are more sophisticated, more complex, and spread across more multi-clouds and multi-vendors than ever.

Network 195

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Network World

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Zero Trust architecture was created to solve the limitations of legacy security architectures. It’s the opposite of a firewall and VPN architecture, where once on the corporate network everyone and everything is trusted. In today’s digital age, cybersecurity is no longer an option but a necessity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In the early 2000s, companies like Amazon, eBay, and Salesforce drove a trend toward standardizing interfaces among web applications. The result was a complete overhaul of how applications were developed and integrated, thanks to a growing network of open web APIs that anyone could consume.

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Forrester IT

JULY 1, 2022

Application architectures in banks cannot afford to treat product-centricity as a stepchild, but need to focus on it as much as on customer-centricity. Product externalization helps banks move in this direction.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The idea of employing observability tools and applications is a hot idea. Gartner says that by 2024, 30% of enterprises implementing distributed system architectures will have adopted observability techniques to improve digital-business service performance, up from less than 10% in 2020.

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Forrester IT

JULY 30, 2019

Whether your firm is disrupting markets or playing catch-up, every major business activity and strategy requires […]. Marc Andreessen famously said this in a 2011 essay in The Wall Street Journal. It was true then, and it’s all the more true today.

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In recent years, VMware has faced major headwinds: It migrated its clients from on-premises to public cloud, changed to a cloud-native application development paradigm, shifted to subscription licensing, had frequent cycles of M&A activities, and experienced unfavorable macroeconomic environments.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 27, 2024

The strategy unfolded through careful planning, leveraging technology to enhance the taxpayer experience and ensuring robust cybersecurity measures. Many organizations face challenges with outdated applications that are expensive to maintain, lack flexibility, pose security threats, and hinder the adoption of modern technologies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2024

To consolidate and modernize our technology, we focus on three transformations: customer facing, back office, and architecture. For the technical architecture, we use a cloud-only strategy. A cloud-only architecture allows us to operate in all these modes. It’s shutting down on-prem applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 21, 2024

The days when most companies completely shied away from using cloud resources for highly sensitive data or applications have passed, and for good reason. Defense in depth How the CSP attracts, trains, and retains security professionals is certainly an issue to raise when vetting providers, along with the company’s overall security strategy.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 3, 2022

Cloud carbon footprint calculation and optimization is a critical part of an organization’s overall sustainability strategy. Forrester’s technology sustainability framework highlights the importance of addressing cloud and technology architecture for reducing the overall scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions in any industry.

Architecture 195

Architecture Cloud Strategy Industry 195

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 8, 2024

Also known as code debt, it’s the accumulation of legacy systems and applications that are difficult to maintain and support, as well as poorly written or hastily implemented code that increases risk over time. Sutton recommends three strategies to help keep technical debt in check.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 24, 2024

Claus Torp Jensen , formerly CTO and Head of Architecture at CVS Health and Aetna, agreed that ransomware is a top concern. “At Cybersecurity strategies need to evolve from data protection to a more holistic business continuity approach. … Resilience extends beyond defense to include robust strategies for post-breach scenarios.

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