Dave Bartoletti
Vice President, Principal Analyst

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2021年预测:云计算将助力新冠疫情下的恢复工作
当你回头看过去15年来开发的公有云,会发现它们似乎是为此次新冠疫情所专门设计,用来应对全球的需求激增。去年发生的新冠疫情让许多企业遭受重创,但云计算也在助力企业逐渐从疫情的混乱中恢复过来。点击“阅读更多”了解Forrester对云计算在2021年助力恢复工作的具体预测。
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Predictions 2021: Cloud Computing Powers Pandemic Recovery
Get a deep-dive on Forrester's prediction that cloud computing will help companies around the world accelerate pandemic recovery in 2021.
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Does CX Matter To The Enterprise Cloud? Absolutely!
Customer experience is just as important for internal customers as external. Learn more about the value of CX in your IT planning.
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Predictions 2020: Cloud Computing Sees New Alliances And New Security Concerns
In 2020, the cloud computing market will sees interesting new alliances and face new security concerns. Read Forrester's 2020 cloud predictions to find out more.
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VMware Welcomes Estranged Sibling Pivotal Back Home
On August 22, 2019, VMware announced that it will acquire sister company Pivotal Software, vendor of a widely used cloud development platform, Pivotal Cloud Foundry. The transaction is a reacquisition of software development assets that VMware spun out into a separate company in 2013 after struggling to integrate them into its primary data center management […]
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Predictions 2019 Update: Cloud Computing Soars To New Heights
The cloud ride is accelerating. Cloud vendor innovation pace is off the charts, and revenue is soaring. Take a look at three of our 2019 cloud computing predictions to see where we stand a third of the way through the year.
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Predictions 2019: Cloud Computing Comes Of Age As The Foundation For Enterprise Digital Transformation
Last year, Forrester predicted that cloud computing would radically accelerate enterprise transformation everywhere. After a decade of powering small and medium business success — and giving disruptive companies the tools and technologies they needed to compete head on with the world’s largest firms — cloud was poised to drive significant enterprise change in the very firms being […]
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Cloud-Native And Open Source Enterprise Transformation Stole The Show At SpringOne
The annual SpringOne event, held in D.C. a few weeks back, was full of exciting, detailed, and compelling stories of enterprise transformation. This wasn’t a show about open source disrupting a proprietary technology stack — it was a celebration of how open source and new ways of building software are helping large, global enterprises transform into […]
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Predictions 2018: Cloud Computing Accelerates Enterprise Transformation Everywhere
It’s already that time of year again: pumpkin spice and predictions for the New Year! Forrester’s Cloud team has been busy gathering, analyzing and prioritizing our predictions for what’s ahead in enterprise cloud computing for 2018. As our 2018 cloud predictions published today, here’s a sneak peek into what we see ahead for the most […]
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Yes, Cloud Is Still Safe Despite The AWS Outage – UPDATE
UPDATE 2016-03-02: Less than 48 hours after the failure, AWS has published a detailed analysis of what went wrong. As we'd hoped, the analysis is extremely transparent, direct, and outlines the actions AWS is taking to mitigate the risk of future failure. If you don't have time to read the details, here's the lowdown: As […]
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Take The Wheel: Build Your Cloud Computing Strategic Plan NOW
Are you excited by all the new innovations coming in the cloud computing market for 2017? Our Predictions report neatly summarizes them for you. Now what are you going to do about it? If you’re like the majority of infrastructure and operations pros I speak with about cloud, building a strategic plan to get your […]
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Forrester Predictions: Ten Key Developments In Cloud Computing Shape The Industry In 2017
I’m pleased to announce that Forrester’s cloud computing predictions for 2017 published this morning! Check out Predictions 2017: Customer-Obsessed Enterprises Launch Cloud’s Second Decade. Our cloud team has gathered ten key developments in cloud computing that will shape this industry in 2017 — and what you should do about them today. Cloud computing has been the most […]
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Cloud Technologies Will Power The Most Successful Businesses In 2015
What's ahead for cloud computing in 2015? Check out our report for Forrester's take on the most important trends in cloud computing and what you should do about them. In 2014, cloud entered the formal IT portfolio, and technology managers stopped treating cloud as competition. In 2015, cloud technologies will mature into the driving force […]
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How To Transform Your Technology Infrastructure: Our New Playbook Is Your Guide
I want to join Glenn O'Donnell in introducing The Infrastructure Transformation Playbook. The entire I&O team has been working on research for this playbook in the last year, and we think it should be your starting point as you plan your infrastructure priorities for 2015. Cloud and the digital business imperatives you face in […]
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Docker Will Live Up To The Hype And Containers Will Rule The Cloud. Here’s What You Need To Know.
I've been on the road all month talking about business technology speed. The age of the customer is all about speed. Faster time to market, more frequent software releases, automated server deployments, instant cloud scaling…anything that removes friction from the app dev process is hot as we move into 2015. Docker, the container management juggernaut, […]
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Why Did HP Buy Eucalyptus?
Were you surprised by HP's decision to acquire Eucalyptus last month? You weren't alone. HP's move to snap up one of the first open source cloud platform projects left many scratching their heads, especially since Eucalyptus had lost much of its momentum in the last 5 years. Now that OpenStack has effectively won the battle […]
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Benchmark Your Cloud Adoption Today. Don’t Fall Behind Your Peers.
Are you ahead of the cloud curve or falling behind your peers? We are definitely in the hypergrowth phase of cloud computing, and 2015 will be a critical year: spending will jump, platforms will mature and consolidate, and cloud will enter the formal IT portfolio, whether IT likes it or not. Where are you on […]
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New Research For The Customer-Obsessed I&O Leader
It’s no surprise that digital disruption is everywhere. Empowered customers are disrupting every industry, and infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders must adapt to this new reality. We believe that technology management is in the middle of a new evolutionary cycle that will transform I&O from its traditional role as infrastructure provider to a new role […]
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Understanding Cloud Costs Gets Easier: Amazon Web Services Rolls Out New TCO Calculator
Two years ago, I published one of my most popular reports, Understand The True Cost Of Cloud Services. In it I laid out a model to help compare current infrastructure costs against the costs of running equivalent workloads at a traditional hosting provider and in the AWS public cloud. This type of comparison is often […]
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New AWS Management Tool For VMware Is Just That – A New Tool, Not A Cloud Game-Changer
The new Amazon Web Services Management Portal for vCenter was launched last week and generated a bit of buzz on Twitter and elsewhere. VMware reacted quite strongly, and I think that makes sense in a hyper-competitive cloud market, but it was a bit out of proportion to the real threat posed by the AWS tool. […]
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