Emerging Technology

Emerging technology is reshaping business models and improving digital experiences for consumers and employees across industries and geographies. To leverage emerging technology effectively on their path to business and digital transformation, brands and enterprises must continually assess the technology landscape to separate vaporware from the truly emerging technologies, while also evaluating the impact of new technologies on the organization’s technical debt and legacy operations and existing tech stack. Forrester can provide best practices and frameworks for getting the most from your emerging technologies. Read our insights to learn how to evaluate, implement, and drive business value with new and emerging technology.

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GenAI Drives The Narrative, But A More Confident Tech Economy Is The Real Story Beyond The Q4 2023 Tech Services Earnings

Ted Schadler 17 hours ago
Recent earnings announcements from tech service providers signal optimism about increased demand in 2024 and provide three lessons about artificial intelligence for technology executives.
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Manufacturers Use Emerging Technologies To Find A Mix Of Factory Locations That Is Just Right

Paul Miller March 5, 2024
Offshoring. Nearshoring. Rightshoring. Learn how emerging technologies such as ubiquitous sensing, distributed computing, AI, and data fabrics are being used to determine the optimal manufacturing mix.

Honor Your Tech Excellence With The Prestige Of A 2024 Forrester Award

We’re accepting nominations for our global 2024 Technology Strategy Impact and Enterprise Architecture Awards. Deadlines are approaching. Check out our award requirements and submit your nomination today.

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Gemini For Google Workspace Plays The Long Game

J.P. Gownder February 23, 2024
Google recently announced its new generative AI solution for productivity, Gemini for Google Workspace. Can it compete with Microsoft Copilot? Here's what tech and business leaders need to know.
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What Forrester’s 2024 AI Predictions Mean For Technology Executives

Ted Schadler February 23, 2024
Find out what Forrester's collection of 2024 AI and generative AI predictions mean for your technology strategy.
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Secure Your Use Of Generative AI

Watch and learn how to use a security framework to secure genAI adoption and explore the security controls and skills crucial for safeguarding this emerging technology.
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High-Performance IT: Security Enters The Chat

Sandy Carielli February 8, 2024
You've heard about high-performance IT. Now learn how the CISO and the security organization fits into this new technology model.
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Call For Entries: Forrester Technology Awards, 2024

Frederic Giron February 5, 2024
We’re now accepting nominations for our Technology Strategy Impact and Enterprise Architecture Awards across the NA, EMEA, and APAC regions. Learn more about the awards and how to apply in this post.
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New Tools And Strategies For Managing Technical Debt

Watch this on-demand webinar to explore new tools and strategies for keeping technical debt under control, including a demonstration of Forrester’s Technical Debt Modernization And Migration Scenario Tool.
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Tech Trends To Watch In 2024

What It Means February 1, 2024
How will generative AI impact infrastructure plans? What regulatory issues will tech leaders have to grapple with? Hear Forrester’s technology analysts discuss their predictions for the latest tech trends in 2024.
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High-Performance IT: The Tech Industry Must Rethink Strategy To Help CIOs Deliver

Ted Schadler January 31, 2024
High-performance IT comes to life when tech leaders assemble the right ecosystems to deliver capabilities. Learn the vital role that technology industry partners play in creating and delivering these capabilities.
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Location Intelligence Sees Strong Investment On The Back Of COVID, Climate Change, And Supply Chain Shocks

William Dahlgren January 31, 2024
Understand the current state of location intelligence, the value that it adds to your industry, and key trends shaping adoption of the technology.
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The Low-Code Market Could Approach $50 Billion By 2028

John Bratincevic January 29, 2024
According to a recent survey, 87% of enterprise developers use low-code development platforms for at least some of their work. Find out what’s driving the growth in the low-code market in this preview of a new report and forecast.

Stop Runaway Tech Debt With Our Essential Toolkit

Unmanaged tech debt piles up fast. Tackle it head on with our tech debt toolkit, featuring seven management strategies, a red-flag checklist, and a framework for success.

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Samsung Brings GenAI To Smartphones With Its Galaxy S24

Julie Ask January 19, 2024
Samsung announced at its Unpacked event that its Galaxy S24 smartphone will incorporate generative AI to protect the user’s data, photos, notes, and more. Learn more in this event recap.
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rabbit’s r1 Personal AI Device (PAD): Exciting Technology With An Underwhelming Experience

Julie Ask January 19, 2024
rabbit’s r1 personal AI device is an exciting technology that faces obstacles to commercial success — and gives us glimpses of the future.
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Global Tech Spend Will Grow 5.3% In 2024

Michael O'Grady January 16, 2024
Tech spend will grow in 2024 by 5.3%, driven especially by the Asia Pacific market, software, generative AI, and green and digital innovation.
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High-Performance IT Continuously Improves Business Results Through Great Technology

Matthew Guarini January 16, 2024
Learn how to improve business performance by aligning the three core principles of our high-performance IT model with one of four IT styles.
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Very Human Takeaways From An AI Event

Phyllis Davidson December 20, 2023
Learn key takeaways from the 2023 Berkeley Business Analytics & AI Summit, which had the theme of “Analytics, AI, and Society: Towards a Wiser World?”

Empower Your Marketing Org To Drive A Bigger Impact With GenAI

Download our generative AI (genAI) guide for CMOs to create a clear vision and strategy for B2B marketing genAI adoption with guardrails to mitigate risk — and a framework to assess your readiness.

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Skills Management Can Make Or Break Your Emerging Tech Plans

Dan Bieler December 18, 2023
Our new report How To Tackle Your Emerging Tech Skill Gaps introduces two frameworks that help business leaders address emerging skill needs.
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GenAI’s World-Changing Power Is Putting Knowledge To Work

Brian Hopkins December 14, 2023
Generative AI will not just disrupt — it will shatter markets, industries, and economies in waves over the next 10 to 15 years. We sense this, but why and how will this happen? We think that generative AI drives the cost of knowledge activation to zero and creates a virtual knowledge loop that increases what is known in the world by more people. We are launching deep research into this topic and invite you to join us.
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The Top 10 Edge Computing And IoT Trends That Matter In 2023

Michele Pelino December 12, 2023
Get a preview of four of the the top 10 2023 trends in edge computing and IoT.
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