Forrester IT

OCTOBER 29, 2024

AI and, most recently, generative AI (genAI) have uncovered the true power of automating tasks that previously were tedious to complete or difficult to improve the efficiency of the work within a singular domain of the business. But much more importantly, genAI has also started to drive new levels of business value as it cuts […]

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IT Toolbox

APRIL 5, 2023

Watch out for these three trends in enterprise architecture. The post Three Trends in Enterprise Architecture to Optimize IT Operations appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 9, 2023

Bank, and finalists Rockwell Automation and Takeda Pharmaceuticals have used outcome-driven enterprise architecture for business success. Learn how our winner, U.S.

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Forrester IT

JULY 11, 2022

Announcing the seven semi-finalists among those companies nominated for the prestigious Forrester Enterprise Architecture Award 2022 for North America! After a few intense weeks of processing and judging submissions, we are now at an exciting moment! Blue Cross NC […].

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Forrester IT

MAY 24, 2024

Enterprise Architecture Management Suites Are An Architect’s Ally Enterprise architecture management suites (EAMSes) are fundamental to running a successful architecture practice. AI use cases are flourishing in this market, freeing up architects’ […]

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Forrester IT

MAY 20, 2024

You still have time to submit for the 2025 Forrester Enterprise Architecture Awards! The deadline for North America is now May 31. Companies that win the award gain two major benefits: Elevate your presence and command attention from leaders and peers.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 19, 2024

Get an inside look at the enterprise architecture strategies of this year’s EA Awards winner, Scotiabank, and learn which firms were runners-up.

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Forrester IT

APRIL 24, 2024

This award offers the opportunity to showcase real excellence in enterprise architecture, distinguish your company’s thought leadership, and give back to the broader architecture profession. Since 2010, Forrester has sponsored its Global EA Awards, which means this is the 15th annual occasion!

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Forrester IT

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

One of my most pleasant and inspiring responsibilities is coordinating the annual Enterprise Architecture awards. These awards have been an institution since 2010, and as of last year now are conducted in partnership with The Open Group. Last year we had a record 29 entries across the globe, and noted a number of key trends […]

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Forrester IT

JUNE 24, 2024

A few weeks ago, my colleague Stéphane Vanrechem published a blog announcing his new landscape report for enterprise architecture (EA) tools. Pointing to it in a LinkedIn post (as we do), he made the statement that “an enterprise architecture tool is essential for achieving a successful architecture practice.”

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Get a detailed look at the winner of this year's Forrester Enterprise Architecture Award for EMEA DRÄXLMAIER Group.

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IT Toolbox

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This article discusses types of WAN, the architecture components of a WAN, and ten best practices for WAN implementation. Definition, Types, Architecture, and Best Practices appeared first on Spiceworks Inc. The post What Is a Wide Area Network (WAN)?

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Forrester IT

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Todays enterprise architecture (EA) practices are critical to enable a firms customer-obsessed digital transformations. As more traditional EA practices become commoditized, Enterprise Architecture Management Suite (EAMS) vendors that show strong use cases to support real transformations will emerge as market leaders.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The chipmaker has released a series of what it calls Enterprise Reference Architectures (Enterprise RA), which are blueprints to simplify the building of AI-oriented data centers. A reference architecture provides the full-stack hardware and software recommendations. However, there is another advantage, and that has to do with scale.

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The combination aims to conquer the enormous compute market that has long been dominated by the x86 architecture (and thus, Intel and AMD). NVIDIA just announced it plans to acquire Arm Limited from SoftBank Group for $40B. The x86 platform remains the leader in PCs and data centers, but the future growth prospects lie in […].

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Forrester IT

JULY 3, 2024

Enterprise architecture teams must take action to demonstrate their value to the overall business — read this blog for some key best practices and activities that EA professionals can undertake.

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Forrester IT

AUGUST 7, 2020

A few days ago, I discussed application architecture in banking with a banking software vendor. Starting from there, we had a look at that vendor’s core banking solutions and further back-end systems such as trade finance. The vendor quickly suggested that its solutions align with Forrester’s concept of a lean core.

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Forrester IT

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We’re now accepting nominations for our Technology Strategy Impact and Enterprise Architecture Awards across the NA, EMEA, and APAC regions. Learn more about the awards and how to apply in this post.

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Forrester IT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This is in addition to my existing coverage of Technical Debt and Enterprise Architecture. I am happy to announce that my coverage area now includes Data Center Services, Infrastructure Outsourcing, and Semiconductors.

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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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

To succeed, Operational AI requires a modern data architecture. These advanced architectures offer the flexibility and visibility needed to simplify data access across the organization, break down silos, and make data more understandable and actionable.

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Forrester IT

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This blog post dives into the Buyer Strategy layer of the Forrester Go-To-Market Architecture Model. This layer details a go-to-market strategy approach that aligns the needs of a particular buying audience with the best solution that will meet those needs.

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Forrester IT

MAY 21, 2024

I recently published new research – Establish An Enterprise And Security Architecture Partnership To Improve Collaboration – which covers the importance of fostering partnership between Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Security Architecture (SA). Initially, I set out to uncover what friction existed between the two functions.

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Data fabric is a modern architecture that automates the integration of any data in real time or near real time from disparate sources, on-premises or in the cloud, into coherent data services that support business transactions, analytics, predictive analytics, and other workloads and patterns.

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Forrester IT

JULY 14, 2021

A question I often get from Forrester clients is: “Do you have a martech reference architecture that I can use to build my martech stack?” ” The short answer is no; but it’s not that simple. First of all, marketers should think in terms of an interoperable martech ecosystem, not stacks or platforms.

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Forrester IT

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This blog post dives into the engagement strategy layer of the Forrester Go-To-Market Architecture framework. This layer details a go-to-market strategy approach that allows portfolio marketers to build the critical deliverables needed to ensure successful execution.

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Forrester IT

MARCH 31, 2023

Each finalist impressed us with their clear CX visions, sophisticated measurement architectures, and ability to align their organisations. We’re excited to announce the finalists for the inaugural Customer-Obsessed Enterprise Award for APAC.

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Forrester IT

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Edge intelligence marks a pivotal shift in AI, bringing processing and decision-making closer to where it matters most: the point of value creation. By moving AI and analytics to the edge, businesses enhance responsiveness, reduce latency, and enable applications to function independently—even when cloud connectivity is limited or non-existent.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

He brings more than 30 years of experience across some of the largest enterprise customers, helping them understand and utilize AI ranging from initial concepts to specific application architectures, design, development and delivery. This article was made possible by our partnership with the IASA Chief Architect Forum.

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Forrester IT

JULY 23, 2024

In our previous blog post on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), we explained the motivation for implementing a RAG architecture and presented a very basic example architecture for retrieving enterprise knowledge. In the previous post, we showed how […]

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