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The Key To AI Success? Don’t Start With The Technology

Katie Linford December 23, 2024
With all the relentless buzz about AI, it’s easy to start with the tool and then go searching for a way to use it. The problem with that is you’re letting the technology, not your customers and your goals, drive your strategy. Set your company up for success with AI by following these steps.
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Meta’s Content Moderation Pivot Reflects A New Political Climate

Kelsey Chickering 15 hours ago
Meta's announced pullback in its content moderation policies reflects a growing shift in American sentiment around anti-censorship and free speech. What could it mean for the user experience and for ad dollars?
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How Do You Create AI Advantage?

Ted Schadler 2 days ago
AI advantage does not come simply by giving employees access to the latest generative AI tools. To truly harness AI effectively, organizations must build their knowledge capacity. Find out how to get started in this preview of a new report.

Navigate 2025 With Our Predictions Insights

Our predictions may not be a crystal ball, but they offer a clear view of what’s ahead. Visit our 2025 Predictions hub featuring guides, blogs, and webinars to give B2B, B2C, and technology leaders a competitive edge in 2025.

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Look For These Five Brand And Customer Experience Themes At CES 2025

Dipanjan Chatterjee 6 days ago
CES 2025 will be defined by five brand and customer experience themes ranging from brands searching for salience to companies finding realistic and pragmatic applications for AI-fueled experiences. Find out what to expect at CES 2025 in this preview.
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Encore Presentation: How Should Business And Tech Leaders Spend In 2025?

What It Means 6 days ago
Business and tech leaders expect (slightly) bigger budgets this year. How should they use them? On this episode of What It Means, VPs and Group Research Directors Stephanie Balaouras, Keith Johnston, and Srividya Sridharan dive into Forrester’s Budget Planning Guides’ recommendations for tech, marketing and sales, and customer experience (CX) leaders.
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Buyer Enablement — Five B2B Companies That Do It Well

Rick Bradberry December 30, 2024
Helping buyers complete more tasks on their own may seem counterintuitive to selling, but the resulting hybrid approach works better for both buyer and seller. Read five examples of companies that effectively help prospects complete self-service buying tasks.

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Accelerating US Government Modernization With Open-Source And Agile Development

Devin Dickerson 13 hours ago
Preventing waste and abuse has long eclipsed innovation as a focus for the US government. Despite this, innovation is still happening. In fact, the US government doesn’t have an innovation problem; it has an adoption problem. The theory of constraints tells us that aiming our efforts anywhere except the source of a bottleneck is unlikely […]
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Forrester Predictions 2025: Customer Experience

The CX Cast 20 hours ago
Every year, Forrester looks to the future to predict what we think will happen across industries, geographies, and technologies. In this episode, Senior Analyst Christina McAllister and CX Cast host Martin Gill team up to explain how Forrester’s 2025 CX predictions came together.

2025 Tech Predictions: Your Must-Have Guide

From AI’s impact to cloud evolution and smarter workflows for the SDLC and AIOps, 2025 is set to be a big year for tech. Download our Predictions guide to see if you’re on track to make the most of these changes.

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Mastering The Digital Seas: A Guide To E-Commerce Precision

Christina Schmitt 24 hours ago
Ninety-one percent of B2B buyers face online purchasing barriers, our recent survey data shows. Find out how these six principles of more impactful e-commerce measurement can help.
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Navigate APAC’s Current Digital Payments Landscape

Meng Liu 1 day ago
As we step into 2025, the APAC region stands at the forefront of a global financial transformation. Learn five key trends shaping the digital payments landscape across six key APAC markets in this preview of our new report.
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Engineering Metrics: The Elephant In The Room

Andrew Cornwall 2 days ago
With the growth of generative AI, developer productivity is on everyone’s mind these days. But measuring developer productivity is challenging. Learn how focusing on alignment can help eliminate the elephant in the room.
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The Forrester Wave™: All-In-One Event Management Platforms, Q4 2024 — Navigating The Evolving Event Tech Landscape

Conrad Mills 2 days ago
The B2B event technology landscape has continued to transform apace over the past two years. In this environment, standalone virtual event platforms have struggled as leading vendors have broadened their capabilities to support a wider range of event types. Despite these expanded capabilities, enterprises continue to run multiple, overlapping event technology platforms, with 22% of […]
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Three Hallmarks Of High-Performance Portfolio Marketing

Katie Fabiszak 5 days ago
What are high-performing portfolio marketing teams doing that others are not? Find out in this preview of a new report digging into the behaviors and characteristics of high-performing portfolio marketing organizations.

Ready For 2025? Discover Key B2B Marketing And Sales Predictions!

Check out our 2025 predictions for B2B CMOs and CSOs! Discover the groundbreaking shifts in AI, product-led growth, buying groups, and digital sales headed your way.

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Cheers To 2024!

The CX Cast December 24, 2024
Martin and Angelina reflect on CX Cast successes in 2024 and give a glimpse into the exciting lineup for 2025. 
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Rose-Colored Glasses Hide All The Red Flags: Advice From The S&R Forrester Women’s Leadership Program

Jinan Budge December 23, 2024
As has now become a Forrester Security & Risk Summit tradition, a room full of amazing women and a few brave fellas gathered last week as part of the Forrester Women’s Leadership Program to celebrate successes and solve for the many challenges that women face in this field. The theme? “To propel your career in security and risk, choose your advisers and nuggets of advice wisely.”
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OpenAI’s o3: Hype Or A Real Step Toward AGI?

Brian Hopkins December 23, 2024
OpenAI’s new o3 and o3-mini models are generating excitement with claims of advanced reasoning capabilities, fueling the artificial general intelligence debate. Learn more about the opportunities and challenges of these models for organizations looking to get more impact from AI.
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Italy’s Privacy Regulator Wishes OpenAI “Merry Christmas” With A €15 Million Fine

Enza Iannopollo December 23, 2024
After more than a year of investigations, the Italian privacy regulator — il Garante per la protezione dei dati personali — issued a €15 million fine against OpenAI for violating privacy rules. Violations include lack of appropriate legal basis for collecting and processing the personal data used for training their generative AI (genAI) models, lack […]
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Revolutionizing B2B Marketing With Adaptive Programs For Buying Groups

B2B buying groups are more complex than ever. Learn how to align priorities, drive consensus, and boost marketing’s impact with adaptive programs. Join us live on February 12 for buyer insights and analyst Q&A. 

How Will 2025 B2C Trends Shape Your Strategy?

Prepare for the future with our 2025 predictions for B2C marketing and CX leaders. Learn how to refine your strategies for AI, tech stacks, loyalty programs, frontline agents, TikTok, and more.

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European Cybersecurity Reflections, 2024

Madelein van der Hout December 20, 2024
Get reflections on the legislative trends, geopolitical tensions, and other changes that impacted CISOs in the European Union in 2024.
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Meet The New Analyst Covering NAV And Zero Trust

Jitin Shabadu December 19, 2024
Meet the new Forrester analyst on the security and risk research team focusing on areas such as network analysis and visibility (NAV) and Zero Trust.
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Don’t Trust Vendor Claims About Getting 100% On The MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations

Allie Mellen December 19, 2024
The MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluations 2024 results are out. Get a detailed review in this preview of an upcoming report.
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Marketers’ Data Deprecation Denial

What It Means December 19, 2024
Despite Google’s recent reversal on third-party cookies, marketers need to prepare for data deprecation. Yet many aren’t. This week on What It Means, Senior Analyst Stephanie Liu and Principal Analyst Brett Kahnke discuss how B2C and B2B marketers can adapt their data strategies to maintain consumer trust and compliance.
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Your Car Is Listening To You — And So Are Hackers

Paddy Harrington December 18, 2024
Skoda and Volkswagen are the latest vehicle manufacturers that have had vulnerabilities discovered in their cars that could allow malicious actors to execute code remotely. Find out more about privacy risks in cars and what can be done to minimize them.

Join Us Live: Key 2025 Tech & Security Predictions

Get ahead with insights from Forrester analysts. Join us on Jan. 30 for a webinar on our 2025 predictions covering the future of technology and security, from rising cyberthreats to the impact of AI and automation.

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Deciphering The Data Clean Room Landscape

Stephanie Liu December 18, 2024
The data clean room market is a bit of an anomaly: It’s both an established and emerging market.
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AI Agents Are Your New Coworkers: Get To Know Them Better At B2B Summit

Jessie Johnson December 18, 2024
Within three years, agentic AI will impact every area of the business for both buyer and seller, transforming human and nonhuman interactions throughout the purchasing journey and post-sale customer experience. At this year’s B2B Summit North America, you’ll learn how to gain value from this powerful tech.
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2025 B2B Marketing Predictions For Indian CMOs

Subhendu Pattnaik December 18, 2024
Earlier this month, we wrapped up Forrester’s India Predictions 2025 event. I look forward to this event every year, and this year was no exception. This year’s event for India saw record turnout, with over 350 participants across three cities in India including marketing and tech leaders.
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