How Agentic AI Elevates the Enterprise Architect’s Role
Learn in this report how GenAI and Agentic AI demand EA job to evolve
Stéphane Vanrechem
Training Architects Has Never Been So Important, Here’s Why
Enterprise architects (EAs) are under pressure. The AI era is reshaping business models, accelerating transformation, and demanding new levels of agility. Yet many EA teams are struggling to keep up not because of a lack of frameworks or tools, but bec…
The Augmented Architect: Real-Time Enterprise Architecture In The Age Of AI
By Charles Betz, VP, Principal Analyst and Stéphane Vanrechem, Senior Analyst, Forrester Enterprise architecture (EA) has always aimed for clarity, control, and coherence. Yet its practitioners are often thwarted by an overwhelming paradox: They must g…
The Enterprise Architecture Tool Market Starts 2025 With A Notable Merger
In a Forrester landscape report published in May 2024, we predicted that M&A activity would continue to change and disrupt the enterprise architecture management suite (EAMS) market. This trend started in 2023, continued throughout 2024, and now, a…
Mergers And Acquisitions Continue To Reshape The EA Tool Market
In November 2023, LeanIX was absorbed by SAP; in September 2024, Ardoq acquired ShiftX; and most recently, on December 11, 2024, Orbus Software announced its acquisition of Capsifi. All these acquisitions point to a significant shift in the enterprise …
Choose The Enterprise Architecture Management Suite That Best Support Your Transformation
Today’s enterprise architecture (EA) practices are critical to enable a firm’s customer-obsessed digital transformations. As more traditional EA practices become commoditized, Enterprise Architecture Management Suite (EAMS) vendors that show strong use…
AI And GenAI Are Game-Changers For Enterprise Architecture Leaders
AI and, most recently, generative AI (genAI) have uncovered the true power of automating tasks that previously were tedious to complete or difficult to improve the efficiency of the work within a singular domain of the business. But much more important…
Celebrating Excellence: DRÄXLMAIER Group Wins The 15th Annual Enterprise Architecture Award In EMEA
Learn more about the enterprise architecture practice at DRÄXLMAIER Group, winner of this year’s EA Award for EMEA.
Architects Demonstrate Value By Showcasing Business Outcomes
Enterprise architecture teams must take action to demonstrate their value to the overall business — read this blog for some key best practices and activities that EA professionals can undertake.
EA Teams Struggle To Communicate Architecture’s Value
The maturity of enterprise architecture (EA) varies greatly across companies, industries, and geographies. In France, 84% agree that their teams are effective in communicating EA’s value, while just 54% of UK respondents agree. Learn more in this previ…
Discover The Foundational Priorities and Capabilities Every Architects Must Adopt
I am pleased to announce two pieces of research I have worked on over the summer focused on continuing to build our research on our outcomes based enterprise architecture model. Enterprise architects want a best-in-class enterprise architecture departm…
LeanIX To Be Acquired By SAP In Q4 2023: A Vote Of Confidence By SAP In Enterprise Architecture
LeanIX, a privately held enterprise architecture (EA) management solution, is set to be acquired by SAP, as announced on September 7, 2023 (click here). SAP has made this strategic acquisition to offer SAP clients access to a complete suite of tools es…