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How Do You Redefine Research Delivery For The AI Era? Start With Trust.

Michael Facemire November 13, 2025
As AI reshapes how research is delivered and consumed, trust isn’t just important — it’s everything. In a world where speed and scale matter, the winners will be those who build AI on a foundation of integrity.
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It’s Time To Rethink Service Desk Success

Julie Mohr 1 day ago
Traditional service desk KPIs no longer reflect success in an AI-driven world. Learn how IT leaders can rethink performance measurement to align with automation, experience, and business impact.
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From Prompts To Presents: The Marketer’s Guide To Answer Engine Optimization

Nikhil Lai November 24, 2025
Answer engines such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s AI Mode will deliver convenience to holiday shoppers. Brands: Provide resonant, technically sound, fresh content to improve your chances of persuading shoppers throughout their journeys on answer engines’ results pages.

Predictions 2026: Your Planning Starts Here

2026 will demand proof, not promises. Explore Forrester’s Predictions resources — guides, webinars, and blogs — to plan smarter, lead with trust, and stay ahead of disruption.

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Predictions 2026: Cloud Outages, Private AI On Private Clouds, And The Rise Of The Neoclouds

Lee Sustar November 17, 2025
Cloud in 2026 will be defined by two major races: the hyperscaler race to build AI-native cloud infrastructure and the enterprise race to craft meaningful AI strategies. Our predictions break those down.
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How To Master Answer Engine Optimization

Nikhil Lai November 14, 2025
Consumers’ rapid shift to natural language and adoption of multimodal search, the voracity of answer engines’ bots, and answer engines’ ability to fill the top of the funnel require marketers to significantly adapt content, technical, and measurement practices. But how? Get answers to the three most frequently asked questions we get from clients around answer engine optimization.
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Predictions 2026: Breaking Down Three Of Our Boldest Predictions

What It Means November 13, 2025
It’s Predictions season here at Forrester. We recently published our 2026 predictions across a variety of business functions, industries, and geographies. In this episode, we take a detailed look at three of our boldest calls for the coming year.

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The Real Deal: A Black Friday Inspired RFP Template for Vetting AI SaaS Vendors

Alla Valente 2 hours ago
For those of us of a certain generation, “Black Friday” invokes memories of the Cabbage Patch Kid Riots of 1983.  However, the term “Black Friday” didn’t start as a feel‑good story about retailers finally getting “into the black.” It was coined in the 1950s by Philadelphia police officers to describe the chaotic, traffic‑choked day after […]
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Tidings Of Comfort And Trust: Holiday Season Security That Bolsters Your Brand

Jess Burn 3 hours ago
For B2B and B2C companies alike, the holiday season is a stress test for both security and customer trust. A single breach or high-profile outage during peak season doesn’t just hurt sales, it erodes customer confidence and brand equity. Treat holiday season security as a brand preservation opportunity with the goal of safe, reliable digital […]

2026 Predictions: 5 Shifts That Will Reshape B2B Strategy

AI agents. Influencer strategy. Pricing disruption. What’s next for B2B growth? Download the guide to uncover five bold predictions impacting marketing, sales, and product leaders in 2026.

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GRC Platforms Enter Their Grad School Era

Cody Scott 4 hours ago
Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platforms are officially old enough to be in grad school. In our 2023 market evaluation, GRC technology turned 20 years old but was still figuring out what it wanted to be when it grew up. It couldn’t decide between functions like spreadsheet replacement, system of record, or assessment and reporting. […]
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431: Metrics Obsession – Fixing Dysfunctional CX Measurement

The CX Cast 5 hours ago
Angelina is joined by VP, principal analyst Maxie Schmidt to dive deep into the phenomenon of metrics obsession in organizations, exploring why it happens, its symptoms, and how CX leaders can move from dysfunctional measurement practices to a culture of measurement mastery. Drawing on their keynote experiences and research, they discuss the impact of metrics on employee experience, organizational culture, and customer outcomes.
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Make Internal Communications A Strategic Lever For Employee (And Brand) Experience

Karen Tran 21 hours ago
Internal communications is more than pushing information to employees. It is a strategic function that includes messaging and channels for communications, engagement, and feedback as a critical driver of employee experience.
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Forrester Analyst Takes For Digital Content In 2026

Chuck Gahun 22 hours ago
A Year Of Practicality Will Increase Adoption And Reduce AI Content Waste It has been three years since generative AI began creating content. The results (so far): high investment with limited adoption and questionable business results. According to Forrester’s State Of AI Survey, 2025, three-quarters of AI decision-makers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific […]
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Wielding The Double-Edged Sword Of Software Engineering Insights

Andrew Cornwall 1 day ago
People in software development tend to have mixed feelings about metrics. On one hand, many developers have computer science or engineering backgrounds and are comfortable with numbers. They use metrics to find opportunities for optimization. Just as you can’t make a compiler faster unless you know how long it takes and where, you can’t make […]

2026 Tech & Security Predictions You Can’t Afford To Miss

AI cleanup, budget shifts, neocloud, and quantum threats — what’s ahead could reshape your strategy. Get Forrester’s guide with five bold predictions to stay ahead and lead with trust and value.

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Updating Our Security Champions Research To Expand And Strengthen Security

Jinan Budge 2 days ago
A strong security culture is the foundation of an effective security program. That’s why we’re revisiting essential research that explores how to build a security champions network, examining how security champion networks can help scale influence, embed security into everyday decisions, and foster trust across the business.
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India’s DPDP Act: A CIO’s Roadmap To Compliance And Competitive Advantage

Biswajeet Mahapatra 5 days ago
India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act is now fully operational, and it applies to all organizations that process the digital personal data of individuals in India. Read five recommendations for CIOs to respond.
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Paying To Observe It All: Palo Alto Networks’ Acquisition Of Chronosphere

Carlos Casanova 6 days ago
The move marks a departure from PANW's security pure-play roots. What's behind the acquisition, and what does it means for PANW and Chronosphere customers going forward?
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A Big Bang Reshapes Agencies Into Algorithms Of Record

Jay Pattisall 6 days ago
Fierce competition, shrinking margins, and technological change has contracted the agency landscape all while agencies' remits vastly expand. All the while, a new concept is taking shape.
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430: How To Select A Journey Management Platform

The CX Cast November 25, 2025
Hot off the back of the recent publication of Forrester’s Customer Journey Management (CJM) Wave™, VP, principal analyst Joana de Quintanilla joins Martin Gill to talk all things CJM. We shifted the category name this time round from “journey mapping” to “journey management,” which reflects some tangible trends we’ve been seeing in the market.

Build A Security Org For The Future

Download our guide to help CISOs prove business value, win budget, and reduce burnout. Use our actionable framework to align security with enterprise goals, justify funding, and lead a high-performing team.

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Insider Incidents Can Happen To Anyone

Joseph Blankenship November 25, 2025
Managing insider risk requires steadfast focus, documenting policies, and following defined processes. Follow these four steps laid out in Forrester’s “Best Practices: Insider Risk Management” report to reduce insider risk.
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AI Vendor Threat Research And Cybersecurity’s Cynicism Problem

Jeff Pollard November 24, 2025
For years, the security community decried the lack of transparency in public breach disclosure and communication. But when AI vendors break with old norms and publish how attackers exploit their platforms, that same community’s reaction is split. Some are treating this intelligence as a learning opportunity. Others are dismissing it as marketing noise. Unfortunately, some […]
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OpenText Redefines Enterprise Automation And AI

Julie Mohr November 24, 2025
OpenText World 2025 marked a turning point for enterprise automation and AI. The event spotlighted innovations such as the AI Data Platform and Content Aviator, designed to embed trust, security, and context into every layer of automation. From intelligent service delivery to knowledge-centric operations, OpenText’s strategy reflects a bold vision for the future of IT, one where automation and AI work hand in hand to deliver resilience and measurable business outcomes.
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Act On Real-Time Insights With A Consumer Intelligence Platform

Kelsey Chickering November 24, 2025
Consumer intelligence platforms help marketing and consumer insights leaders leverage real-time insights to better understand their customers (current and prospective), refine their marketing and product strategy, and monitor and manage their brand’s reputation. Learn some of the top use cases for these platforms in this preview of our new report, The Consumer Intelligence Platforms Landscape, Q4 2025.
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SEO’s Hype-Fueled Move To The Center Of The Marketing Mix

Nikhil Lai November 24, 2025
AEO is significantly, but not fundamentally, different from SEO. Find out how the practices are aligned and where they have differences in this preview of an upcoming report.
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From Metrics To Meaning: The New Rules Of Service-Level Management

Julie Mohr November 24, 2025
There is a shift underway toward experience-driven service-level management (SLM). Learn how to transform your SLM strategies to prioritize user experience and stay ahead in the dynamic IT landscape.
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The Future Of ESM Is Intelligent

Julie Mohr November 21, 2025
AI is no longer optional in enterprise service management. Discover how leading platforms are using intelligence to drive efficiency, improve service, and deliver business value.
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Microsoft Ignite 2025: Living The Frontier Lifestyle

Chris Gardner November 21, 2025
At Microsoft Ignite 2025, Microsoft outlined a vision for the “frontier” organization: one dramatically transformed through AI and AI agents. Learn about some of the major announcements and our analysis here.
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