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Amid The AI Hype, Agile Still Remains Relevant In 2025

Diego Lo Giudice January 23, 2025
After over 12 years of leading Forrester’s research on agile and, from 2011, publishing a biennial Forrester report on the global state of agile adoption, we have just published The State Of Agile Development, 2025: It’s Still Relevant, With Benefits And Challenges.
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Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Modern Application Development Services, Q1 2025

Diego Lo Giudice January 15, 2025
MAD Services Deliver Cool New Products While Transforming Your Development Capabilities Modern application development (MAD) services represent the next wave in custom application development services. Emerging from the convergence of current and past services such as application development management services (ADMS), digital transformation services (DTS), digital product engineering services (DPES), and broader application modernization services […]

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Watch the replay to catch up! Dive into the top 2025 predictions and discover their impact on your tech and security strategies — with exclusive insights from the analysts who conducted the research.

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Accelerating US Government Modernization With Open-Source And Agile Development

Devin Dickerson January 7, 2025
The US government doesn’t have an innovation problem, it has an adoption problem. Find out what makes open-source and agile adoption a unique proposition for government organizations.
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Engineering Metrics: The Elephant In The Room

Andrew Cornwall January 6, 2025
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 Quest To Measure Developer Productivity Is Fueling The Market For Value Stream Management And Software Engineering Intelligence Tools

Christopher Condo December 9, 2024
Using SEI tools, dev leaders can optimize their software development processes while improving the developer experience. The market growth in SEI tools directly corresponds to the explosive use of genAI TuringBots, commonly referred to as copilots for software development.
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Are You Making These DevSecOps Mistakes? The Four Phases You Need To Know Before Your Code Becomes Your Vulnerability

Janet Worthington November 25, 2024
Learn the four key phases of DevSecOps as well as some key best practices to jump-start your transformation in this preview of our upcoming Security & Risk Summit.
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Introducing The Forrester Tech Tide™: Software Development, Q4 2024

Andrew Cornwall November 18, 2024
Struggling to determine which software development technologies have staying power and which will be just a flash in the pan? Get some insight in this preview of our latest Forrester Tech Tide™ for software development technology.
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Embracing AIOps: Revolutionizing DevOps And Agile Methodologies

Carlos Casanova October 30, 2024
Learn how AIOps can significantly enhance the efficiency, speed, and reliability of software development and deployment processes.
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Predictions 2025: GenAI Reality Bites Back For Software Developers

Christopher Condo October 23, 2024
AI assistants are only the beginning of the generative AI software development revolution. Find out what’s in store for software developers in our 2025 predictions for software development.
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Key Insights And Recommendations From VMware Explore 2024

Naveen Chhabra September 4, 2024
Get six key takeaways from the annual VMware Explore 2024 conference and find out what they mean for technology leaders.
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HPE Seeks To Bolster Its Hybrid Cloud Management Capabilities And Credibility With Morpheus Acquisition

Tracy Woo August 16, 2024
Hewlett Packard Enterprise recently announced an agreement to acquire Morpheus Data, a multicloud management solution. Find out what this means for the two firms and their customers in this blog.
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The 10 Most Important Cloud Trends For 2024

Tracy Woo August 15, 2024
Curious about the top cloud trends in 2024? Learn three of the top 10 cloud trends for 2024 in this preview of a new report.

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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AI And The End Of Software Development As We Know It

Diego Lo Giudice July 31, 2024
Technology shifts have continually reshaped software development. But generative AI is completely disrupting it. Learn how the software development lifecycle is being accelerated and reimagined as a real-time process thanks to genAI.
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Two SAP Board Executives Depart Abruptly: What It Means

Liz Herbert July 30, 2024
SAP announced it is losing two more members of its executive board, Julia White and Scott Russell. Get Forrester's take on the ongoing disruption to SAP's leadership.
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GitLab Customers Hope To Stay Out Of The Doghouse If Acquired By Datadog

Christopher Condo July 23, 2024
GitLab is a leading platform for version control, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD), and collaboration. With its robust features and security focus, GitLab has gained a loyal user base and has become a go-to solution for enterprise developers worldwide. A recent rumor, however, suggests that Datadog, a popular monitoring and analytics platform, is eyeing a […]
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Top 10 Emerging Technologies For 2024

What It Means June 27, 2024
The pace of technology innovation can make it hard to keep an eye on the tech horizon. In this episode, Vice President of Emerging Tech Portfolio Brian Hopkins walks through this year’s list of the top 10 emerging technologies, describing when each technology will bring value to users.
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Developer Experience Is Still Developing

Andrew Cornwall June 26, 2024
Forrester’s Q1 2024 Developer Experience Survey asked developers what would improve developer experience most. Find out how developers responded in this preview of a new report .

Plan Your IT & Security Budgets For 2025 Success

Watch our on-demand technology budget planning webinar. Get benchmarks for strategic investments, divestments, and experiments to maximize business value from 2025 tech and security spending.

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TIER: Tech Leaders Must Adapt To The Evolving US Developer Labor Market

Christopher Gilchrist June 11, 2024
Despite the uncertain economic climate and continued layoffs, competition for skilled software developers will remain high. Get three key insights from our latest TIER report to help attract the best developers.
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Ludicrous Speed — Because Light Speed Is Too Slow To Secure Your Apps

Janet Worthington June 7, 2024
Code is being released at ludicrous speed today. But without appsec, that code has the potential to introduce significant risk. Learn some of the key trends and benefits to DevSecOps in this post.
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Unleash The Power Of Tech: Technology & Innovation Summit North America

Matthew Guarini June 6, 2024
Technology and data leaders are at a pivotal moment, being pressed to chart a path that capitalizes on new and emerging technology to drive meaningful business results. Learn how Forrester’s annual Technology & Innovation Summit North America can help you get there.
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