Application Development & Delivery

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“Velocity IS The ****ing Strategy”: What Citizen Development Means For AI-Enhanced Businesses

John Bratincevic 1 day ago
Making software development easier is only part of the AI-plus-citizen development story. The movement now has another raison d'être. Find out what it is and how it could impact your ability to scale AI.
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Commercial Software Spend Will Reach $1.7 Trillion By 2029 And See Double-Digit Growth

Michael O'Grady 5 days ago
As the global economy braces for slower trade growth and geopolitical tensions, the software industry continues to defy economic headwinds with robust expansion. Software infrastructure is set to grow 13.4% through 2029 while application software grows at a more subdued 9.5%. Learn more in our newly released commercial software forecast.
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AWS Makes Agentic Push At AWS Summit New York City 2025

Bill Martorelli August 13, 2025
AWS Summit New York City is a smaller cousin to the re:Invent mega-conference set for the late fall in Las Vegas, so most big announcements tend to wait until that event, but agentic AI won’t wait, despite its relatively modest take-up to date.
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Optimize Your Provider Ecosystem For Maximum Business Value

Bill Martorelli August 13, 2025
The struggle to balance single- and multisourcing decisions is pervasive. Because service engagement decisions are fragmented across the organization and made at the portfolio level — not the enterprise level — companies are constantly at odds.
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AI Pricing, Outcome-Based Pricing, Developer Productivity

What It Means August 7, 2025
As the annual budgeting and planning season comes into full swing, we drill down into two unique pricing trends. We then take a detailed look at how to measure developer productivity.
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Forrester’s 2025 Enterprise Architecture Awards Winner And Runners-Up For APAC

Charlie Dai August 3, 2025
Congratulations to the Hong Kong Jockey Club, this year’s winner of the Enterprise Architecture Award in APAC, and runners-up AIA Group and Nan Shan Life Insurance Company. Learn how excellent EA practices helped all three align their IT strategies with business objectives, empowering them to accelerate business innovation and stay ahead of the curve.
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AI Regulation In The US, Vibe Coding, Click To Cancel Hits Home

What It Means July 24, 2025
July heats up with a look at the impact of some regulatory moves in the US and a deep dive into a new AI trend for developers that may be more useful than you think.

Master Scenario Planning For 2026

2026 could bring economic highs, disruptive lows, and everything in between. Join Forrester’s Greg Willrich and Mark Moccia live on September 10 to explore how CIOs are using scenario planning to navigate uncertainty, optimize tech investments, and lead with confidence.

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AppGen Is Here: Say Goodbye To Software Development As You Know It

Diego Lo Giudice June 23, 2025
Discover how AI-powered AppGen platforms are collapsing the SDLC, democratizing development, and disrupting the software industry.
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President Trump Amends Previous Cybersecurity Executive Orders: Here Is What You Need To Know

Sandy Carielli June 12, 2025
President Trump recently issued an executive order on national cybersecurity that amended and struck several provisions in prior EOs related to cybersecurity. Here’s what security leaders need to know.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: DevOps Platforms, Q2 2025

Andrew Cornwall June 11, 2025
The Forrester Wave™: DevOps Platforms, Q2 2025, is live. Hey, Weren’t These Called ISDPs? When I took over the Wave from Chris Condo, I admit that I looked for an excuse to change the name. “Integrated software delivery platforms” didn’t have the word DevOps in the title, which made searching harder for clients. I didn’t […]
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The Public Sector Must Navigate The “Everything Everywhere All At Once” Efficiency Conversation With Portfolio Rationalization

Linda Ivy-Rosser June 2, 2025
We’re in an era defined by constant disruption and rapid shifts — a true “everything everywhere all at once” scenario.
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Red Hat Summit 2025: AI, Virtualization, Hybrid Cloud, And The Future Of Enterprise IT

Devin Dickerson May 29, 2025
The big question at Red Hat Summit 2025: Will customers continue to embrace more complexity in exchange for openness and flexibility? Get five key points coming out of the event.

New For 2026! Tech Budget Planning Guide + Workbook

Simplify your 2026 tech budget planning! Download our guide and workbook for recommendations, benchmarks, and actionable templates to help you assess, prioritize, and implement investments.

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Software Composition Analysis Is The AppSec Hero We Deserve AND Need

Janet Worthington May 20, 2025
Get three key insights to consider when purchasing or upgrading your software composition analysis software.
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How Backstage Is Transforming Platform Engineering

Christopher Condo May 13, 2025
An internal developer portal (IDP) is a framework for building DevOps platforms that offer discoverable, self-service IT infrastructure and automation services, helping developers manage IT services efficiently. Learn how IDPs like Backstage can help streamline workflows, reduce context switching, and enhance governance among developers.
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Unlock Optimization Opportunities: The Golden Thread From CX To Value Streams

Joe Cicman May 12, 2025
In today’s volatile business environment, executives face the dual challenge of optimizing costs while maintaining exceptional customer experiences. Our new report, The Golden Thread From CX To Value Streams Reveals Optimization Opportunities, offers a strategic approach to navigating these complexities.
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The Evolution From Continuous Automation Testing Platforms To Autonomous Testing Platforms: A New Era In Software Testing

Diego Lo Giudice May 6, 2025
For years, continuous automation testing (CAT) platforms have been the gold standard for reducing manual testing and ensuring comprehensive coverage across diverse environments. But with the advent of generative AI (genAI) and large language models (LLMs), we are entering a new era: the rise of autonomous testing platforms.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! The US Government Applies The Concept To Software Coding

Janet Worthington April 24, 2025
The US government’s SHARE IT Act became law in December 2024, requiring that all custom-developed software be accessed, shared, used, and modified governmentwide. By allowing any federal agency to access and use the code, the SHARE IT Act ensures that the investments in custom-developed software ($12 billion spent annually) are maximized, reducing the need for […]

Summer Team Up: Technology & Innovation Summit EMEA

From 1 July to 29 August, purchase passes for Technology & Innovation Summit EMEA and get two tickets for the price of one with the voucher code SUMMER2FOR1.

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Google Cloud Next 2025’s Developer Keynote: Agents Take Center Stage

Devin Dickerson April 17, 2025
Google Cloud Next 2025’s (full takeaway blog here) developer keynote offered a detailed look at the company’s latest AI innovations, with a particular focus on agent technology and developer tools. Cohosts Richard Seroter and Stephanie Wong brought both technical insight and their signature energy to the stage, keeping the audience engaged with well-timed humor as […]
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Feature Management And Experimentation — An Evolving Market

Christopher Condo April 11, 2025
With feature management, engineering teams can engage in the practice of progressive delivery, where features are deployed with flags turned off, tested in production, and then gradually turned on to a progressively larger audience of users until the new feature is completely released. This mechanism can be used for new features, but the most common use case is safely managing continuous updates.
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TDX 2025: MuleSoft And The Salesforce Platform Pivot

David Mooter March 31, 2025
About seven years ago, I was on an initiative to explore low-code. When I saw Salesforce’s low-code product in demos, my impression was that the product was only suitable for buyers with a strong Salesforce CRM focus — a feeder to drive more revenue into Salesforce’s flagship product. When Salesforce acquired MuleSoft, many worried that […]
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