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As a data and analytics leader, you are in the perfect position to help your company turbocharge the business: optimize, reimagine, reinvent. “What???” you say. “That’s not my role,” you may say. Oh, but it is. Want to learn from business leaders about how they’ve done and are doing this and get inspired about the […]

Expanding your eCommerce offering to new global markets is daunting. The key to success: creating a strategic plan tailored to your unique business needs in addition to the market conditions. My report, “Create Your Global eCommerce Road Map,” is here to help. Digital business professionals must build a strategic road map for their global eCommerce […]

The Brexit day is approaching fast, but there is no certainty as to whether or not the UK’s departure from the EU will be accompanied by a withdrawal agreement — or not. Data protection is just one of the many areas that will be affected by Brexit. And under a no-deal scenario, the impact of […]

Employees’ Advocacy Boosts Your Content And Customer Interactions While trust in brands has dwindled, B2B buyers hold those same brands’ employees in high regard as authentic and compelling sources of information. And they want to engage with them. In our new research, “Mobilized Employees Engage Buyers With A Trusted Voice,” Matthew Camuso and I explored […]

I’m continuing the trend my colleague Josh Zelonis started last year during Cybersecurity Awareness Month to share a few stories of the time I almost got hacked. It can — and does — happen to everyone, including folks that should know better. Blaming users for mistakes becomes a trap far too many of us security […]

The hype around robotic process automation (RPA) continues unabated, as does the hypergrowth. I am happy to announce the availability of the first-ever Forrester Wave™ evaluation of RPA services. Forrester clients can read the report here. The RPA market has shown some interesting trends of late: As Craig Le Clair and I established earlier this […]

Two weeks ago, I attended Alibaba Cloud’s Apsara Conference 2019 in Hangzhou, China. I gained new insight into how Alibaba is going to further strengthen and expand its already powerful ecosystem; cloud will play a key role in its updated platform business strategies. Please check out my insights in this video:

Our team is busy gearing up for the Data Strategy & Insights 2019 Forum in about three weeks. My co-RD Gene Leganza and I are having some great speaker prep conversations, and we’ve been lucky to get a sneak peek into how these industry speakers are making an impact in their organizations by leading the […]

If you attended Dell Technologies World in May in Las Vegas, you’ll remember a unique moment during that event when Michael Dell, Pat Gelsinger, and Satya Nadella all joined each other on stage to describe some of the new ways their companies are working together to deliver end user computing tech to their customers. While […]

We can’t predict whether Brexit will really happen on October 31 and whether a deal will be concluded or not. However, we do now know that we are likely to leave with a withdrawal agreement that affects security at the institutional level. Read our three primary areas of concern for CISOs.

SAP’s CEO Bill McDermott will resign and be replaced him with co-CEOs Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein. Get a detailed analysis of this news from Forrester's Liz Herbert.

Two weeks ago, Alibaba Cloud’s Apsara Conference 2019 took place in Hangzhou, China. It has been 10 years since Alibaba Cloud was established in 2009. In just 10 years, Alibaba Cloud has become one of the world’s most fascinating and cutting-edge technology businesses. For companies that want to lead the world in tech-driven innovation and digital business, […]

(coauthored with Han Bao, senior research associate) Blockchain solutions are maturing, yet speculation on their value is rife. Most business and technology decision makers are still unclear about what actual business value this technology can deliver to their organizations. This is what I have been researching and writing about — to determine how enterprises can […]

AISA’s (Australian Information Security Association) annual CyberCon conference was a sight to behold, with an amazing lineup of panelists, keynote speakers, and some female attendees (at last!). Set against the (unusually) sunny, crisp backdrop of Melbourne’s South Wharf, the conference was an immersive two days of contentious debates and discussions on just how pervasive and […]

Data and analytics expertise of all kinds is getting tougher to find and retain. Get advice for recruiting and retaining data and analytics professionals.

Cybersecurity strategy is on the agenda of most boardrooms and the pressure is on for CISOs. Get 6 tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Design is in a state of misalignment with customer needs. Principal Analysts Gina Bhawalkar and Andrew Hogan discuss the benefits of inclusive and ethical design in an age of digital manipulation.

Are you trying to understand how much value you deliver to customers? In my research on value for customer I came across an interesting method, called Potential Gain In Value (PGV). I want to share it with you because PGV gives you a simple way to approximate the value delivered. And it helps you prioritize your CX […]

In a brand-new stream of research, VP and principal analyst James Staten and I will be taking a close look at open source software (OSS) as a strategy for modern businesses. We are seeking your help on answering a few burning questions related to our initial upcoming report, “The Case For An Open Source Strategy,” […]