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Predictions 2027: The Pursuit And Peril Of Control

Sharyn Leaver October 21, 2026
More control won’t always mean better outcomes. Leaders who know where to set guardrails and how to deftly blend AI with human judgment will have a clear advantage in the year ahead.

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Predictions 2027: Cloud’s AI Race Gets Messier

Lauren Nelson 15 minutes ago
AI is reshaping the cloud market as providers face intensifying global competition, industry consolidation, and growing infrastructure constraints. In 2027, cloud leaders will need to balance rapid innovation with portability, resilience, and cost discipline.
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AI Agents Aren’t Waiting For Data Security

Heidi Shey 1 hour ago
AI agents retrieve information, interpret it, create new content, interact with systems, and act on a user’s behalf. That changes the data security conversation. For years, security leaders have worked to understand where sensitive data lives, who can access it, and how to prevent inappropriate use or disclosure. Those challenges have not disappeared. In fact, […]

AI Wants 20% Of Your Budget. Now What?

Get Forrester’s 2027 Predictions guide for technology and security leaders to explore five shifts shaping investment, risk, and innovation.

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Meet The AI Chief Digital Officer: Chief Value Orchestrator

Martin Gill 1 hour ago
If the first chapter of the AI era was about proving the technology works, then the second was about understanding and managing its risks. The third (emerging) era will be won by leaders who know where AI belongs, where humans matter most, and how to orchestrate both into measurable growth. Stop Asking “Can We?” You […]
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Stop Choosing Between Running And Transforming The Business

Laura Cross 2 hours ago
Organizations don’t have to choose between running today’s business and transforming it for tomorrow. The real challenge is designing an operating model that enables both. Learn why clear ownership, decision rights, standardization, and planning are becoming essential to scaling AI and creating a repeatable capability for change.

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Finacle Conclave 2026: Composing The AI-Native Bank

Aurelie L'Hostis 3 hours ago
Learn key lessons from Finacle Conclave 2026 on building an AI-native bank through composability, modernization, and process redesign.
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“It Wasn’t Me” Is Not An AI Risk Management Strategy

Alla Valente 4 hours ago
I never expected Shaggy to show up in a law firm’s analysis of AI risk, yet here we are. Shaggy’s memorable defense was “it wasn’t me.” Meta is giving it a contractual upgrade: It was our technology, but it’s your responsibility. The update to Meta’s commercial terms puts broad responsibility for its AI features and […]
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Predictions 2027: The Seedlings Of Disruptive Payments Innovation Take Root

Lily Varon 8 hours ago
2027 will be a make-or-break year, with success hinging on trust and control in an increasingly open payments ecosystem. Explore a few of the ways that this will play out.

A Third Of Consumers Will Reject Content They Can't Verify

Explore Forrester's 2027 Predictions guide for B2C, CX, and digital leaders to uncover the five shifts putting new pressure on brands to earn trust and regain control.

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AI Search Is Growing Faster Than Its Business Model

Emily Collins 3 days ago
Big Tech earnings this week put a spotlight on the monetization dilemma at the heart of AI-integrated search. The growth of Google’s AI Mode is proving to be a double-edged sword: Investments in conversational search are fueling Google’s fastest year-over-year search query growth in five years, but the company’s advertising revenue growth slowed to 12%, […]
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Your Customers’ AI Agents Will Never Give Up

Christina McAllister 3 days ago
Personal AI agents will increase service volume — and will expose unresolved demand that customer effort used to keep out of sight. Use that unresolved demand to find problems now that customers shouldn’t need to chase you about in the first place.
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Predictions 2027: AI Turns Up The Heat On Software Development

Andrew Cornwall 3 days ago
As AI accelerates software development, teams will need to rethink everything from developer roles to testing and quality. Forrester’s 2027 predictions explore what happens as AI becomes more deeply embedded in how software gets built.
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DoorDash + Instacart: A Good Idea But Not For The Reasons They Say

Sucharita Kodali 3 days ago
DoorDash announced on October 29 that it will buy Instacart for about $17 billion. Read our analysis.
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Google Public Sector Summit 2026: AI Moves From Possibility To Mission

Sam Higgins 3 days ago
When Forrester wrote about the creation of Google Public Sector in 2022, the question was whether Google could build the industry credentials to compete more seriously for government business. Four years later, the conversation has changed. At the Google Public Sector Summit 2026 on October 20 in Washington, DC, there wasn’t one major announcement that […]

Your Next Buyer Might Be An AI Agent

Agentic buying will touch 75% of B2B purchases by 2027. Explore Forrester's 2027 Predictions guide for B2B leaders to uncover five shifts needed to maintain trust and control.

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AI In Procurement: Experiment Like A Teenager

Jeffrey Rajamani 3 days ago
Teenagers are remarkably good at experimenting. They try new things, question established rules, and quickly abandon what doesn’t work. Sourcing and procurement leaders could use some of that attitude toward AI, provided they combine experimentation with clear boundaries. When it comes to AI in procurement, think like a teenager: Experiment and question the rules, but […]
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US Midterms: On Tuesday, Your Social Media Strategy Falls Apart

Kate Winick 3 days ago
Picture this: On Tuesday, November 3, it’s Election Day. Your brand’s social media channels have been humming along, crushing engagement and creating conversation. And then seemingly out of nowhere — BOOM. Reach drops, views crater, and your team is left wondering: What did we do wrong? Social media content doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Current […]
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Predictions 2027: Human Connection Will Be The Next Battleground For Customer Success And Service

Kate Leggett 3 days ago
AI will reshape how customers engage with brands in 2027, but automation alone won’t create differentiation. Human expertise, empathy, and trust will become increasingly important to delivering standout experiences.
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Predictions 2027: Humans Reclaim Content Creation; Machines Dominate Content Consumption

Chuck Gahun 3 days ago
AI is changing not just how content gets created, but who, or what, consumes it. In 2027, brands will prioritize authentic human expertise while adapting content strategies for a world increasingly mediated by machines.
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Couchbase Converges The Agent Data Stack Around Operational Data

Indranil Bandyopadhyay 4 days ago
AI agents executing complex workflows may need to combine operational and analytical data, persistent memory, semantic retrieval, and access to tools within a single reasoning loop. Together, these services make up the agent data stack. When teams build that stack from separate services, they have to integrate each service and keep copied data in sync, […]

2027 Predictions: Can You Control AI Without Slowing It Down?

Join Forrester analysts on December 10 to explore the 2027 predictions reshaping technology and security strategy, AI investments, risk, and governance.

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Data Wins The Media Agency Cola Wars

Jay Pattisall 4 days ago
WPP and Omnicom’s recent success with the Coca-Cola Company’s global and North American media assignments can be summed up in one word: data. In fact, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo’s recent media agency reviews reveal how two competing data strategies are reshaping the global media agency market.* The Intelligence Engine Strategy Intelligence engines create value by improving […]
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Loyalty Service Providers Elevate Customer Loyalty To An Enterprise Capability

John Pedini 4 days ago
A rapidly evolving technology landscape changes how consumers discover brands, evaluate choices, and make decisions. This shift exposes a weakness in many loyalty strategies that rely on points and discounts alone to sustain customer relationships. Traditional loyalty programs still have a role, but brands weaken program impact when they treat loyalty as a series of […]
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PHP2Shell And The IT Visibility Crisis: Do You Know What You Have?

Charles Betz 4 days ago
IT Visibility Is No Longer A “Nice To Have” The PHP2Shell security event is rapidly becoming a board-level conversation. Two critical PHP vulnerabilities allow unauthenticated remote code execution, and security authorities are urging organizations to patch immediately. CISA has told organizations to “identify and inventory systems running any version of PHP” while warning that PHP […]
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