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Interest in build vs. buy for contract lifecycle management (CLM) is resurging, eerily invoking early 2000s vibes (pun intended). AI makes it easy to spin up something that looks like a CLM system — if you squint, you can see it. I keep thinking of a recent article about a Wall Street techie that vibe coded […]
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Hi! I’m Clinton and I like to take things apart. From early childhood, my happiness didn’t come from unwrapping the new toy but from revealing its hidden secrets with a screwdriver. The desire to understand how things work at a deep level has animated me through a 20-year career in software building, engineering leadership, consulting, […]
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The US federal government just did something subtle yet significant for enterprise risk: It put post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) migration on a clock. The executive order, “Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation,” tells agencies to accelerate migration to PQC, assign accountable leaders, run pilots, and work toward defined deadlines for critical systems. The corresponding […]
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Most CX strategies fail to land. Not because the ideas are wrong, but because teams don’t internalize the decisions behind them. Host Martin Gill speaks with Joana de Quintanilha, VP and Principal Analyst, about how immersive, gamified experiences turn CX strategy into action. Drawing on real examples like escape‑room style simulations to auction‑driven prioritization, Joana […]
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Three packed days at Money20/20 in Amsterdam, and the halls were buzzing about two things: trust and agentic commerce. Behind the buzzwords, Trust is really three concrete demands from banks: whether they can rely on AI they didn’t build; whether customers’ money, identity, and data stay safe with the bank (including how the bank itself […]
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Forrester analyst Paul Miller explores what Schneider Electric’s intention to acquire Cognite means for industrial knowledge graphs.
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There's a real opportunity for organizations to leverage digital product passports beyond sustainability and compliance use cases.
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On June 30, 2026, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase, BlackRock, BNY, DBS, OCBC, Standard Chartered, Google, Shopify, and more than 140 other companies have signed on to Open USD, a new US dollar-backed stablecoin initiative operated by Open Standard. The project is designed for powering global money movement and is expected to go live later in […]
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Across our CX events in Amsterdam, New York City, and San Francisco, the message was clear: The organizations that thrive in the AI era won’t be the ones with the best AI; they will be the ones that put people first.
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If your IT financial management (ITFM) solution only explains where the money went, it’s already obsolete. CIOs need help deciding what to do next, not better reports. In the recently published The Forrester Wave™: IT Financial Management Software, Q2 2026, we see a clear shift from cost transparency to decisioning. The leading vendors are moving […]
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AI's speed and scale may be unprecedented, but the leadership challenge is familiar. Organizations that stay focused on business design, cost discipline, and long-term adaptability will be better equipped to capture AI's value while avoiding the pitfalls of reactionary investment.
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I’m thrilled to announce new research, Customer Zero Programs Are A New Trust Test For Autonomous Execution: Why “Prove You Can Run It” Has Become The Gating Factor. I’m passionate about “customer zero” programs because they embody the authentic experience of an innovator that survived contact with reality and, as a result, has earned the […]
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Learn how major retailers and brands competed with Amazon’s June 2026 Prime Day event.
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Automotive firms are under pressure to innovate while managing cost and complexity. Margins are tight. Customer expectations are shifting. Yet many OEMs still design for an “average” driver who no longer reflects reality. But when OEMs design for diverse needs, they unlock innovations that create better experiences for everyone — the curb-cut effect — and […]
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Here we go again. Comcast announced today that it’s separating its NBCUniversal assets into a standalone, publicly traded entity, including Peacock, NBC, Telemundo, Universal Studios, theme parks, and Sky. The move splits content from connectivity and gives NBCUniversal the independence to invest, compete, and pursue deals in the rapidly consolidating streaming market. NBCUniversal Split Echoes […]
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Last week at Nexthink’s Masters of Experience event in London, one theme came through clearly in every conversation I had with digital workplace leaders, IT practitioners, and experience innovators: The ways that organizations use digital employee experience management (DEXM) solutions are expanding. AI dominated the agenda — as expected. But the real story wasn’t about […]
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Recently, a colleague of mine was working on a mathematical model in Excel. He asked Copilot to solve a complex problem. The answer the spreadsheet produced wasn’t quite right. He asked Copilot what it did to figure out the answer. It started spitting out Python code. My colleague was not a developer. He had never […]
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Tighter budgets, rising expectations, and increased competition are reshaping B2B events — driving a shift toward fewer, more targeted experiences, greater audience participation, and a renewed role for digital.
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Last week’s Identiverse conference in Las Vegas left no doubt that the scope and importance of identity security is now magnified. Identiverse 2026 underscored the current transition in identity security as organizations grapple with an expanding universe of identities beyond humans. As Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand framed it in his opening keynote, the industry […]
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Last week, Forrester released The Forrester Wave™: Extended Detection And Response Platforms, Q2 2026. This is the third iteration of the extended detection and response (XDR) Wave, with prior versions published in 2021 and 2024. This Wave differs significantly from the past, especially because of: The number of vendors. This year, only seven vendors were […]
