“CMDB” Is Dead — Long Live The IT Management Graph
At Forrester, we’re deprecating the term configuration management database in our research. Instead you’ll increasingly see it termed “IT management graph.” Find out why.
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Forrester’s 2025 Enterprise Architecture Award Winner And Finalists For North America
Congratulations to Takeda Pharmaceuticals, winner of this year’s Enterprise Architecture Award for North America. Learn more about Takeda’s winning strategy as well as the strategies of our two finalists.
Forrester’s 2025 Enterprise Architecture Award Winner And Runner-Up For EMEA
Forrester is proud to announce Philip Morris International as the winner of the 2025 Enterprise Architecture (EA) Award for EMEA and Saudi Telecom Company as the runner-up. Learn more about their EA strategies in this post and at Technology & Inno…
How Agentic AI Elevates the Enterprise Architect’s Role
Learn in this report how GenAI and Agentic AI demand EA job to evolve
Navigate With Confidence The Migration Options For SAP ECC Customers
Join Forrester Analyst, Akshara Naik Lopez for an interactive peer discussion with technology leaders currently using SAP on their migration plans and experiences.
Mastering The Tightrope: How Strategic Portfolio Management Transforms Tech Leadership
CIOs routinely face a frustrating dilemma that drives them to ask the question: Are you truly spending the company’s money as effectively as possible? The answer lies in strategic portfolio management. Learn how this discipline is transforming how tech…
Forrester’s 2025 Enterprise Architecture Awards Winner And Runners-Up For APAC
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 wit…
APAC Submissions Rock The Enterprise Architecture Awards — Are EMEA And North America Competitive?
The Asia-Pacific region’s submissions for our Enterprise Architecture Awards are very impressive. Can EA orgs in EMEA and the Americas rise to the same standard?
IT Governance As A Secret Weapon: A Blueprint For Thriving in Chaos
Today’s technology executives face a perfect storm of market disruptions, shifting priorities, and relentless pressure to deliver. So why are most still operating with governance models built for a different era? Find out in this preview of our upcomin…
Jekyll And Hyde: The Dual Role Of Disruptive Technologies In Sustainability
Disruptive technologies such as automation and AI and autonomous mobility boost efforts towards some strategic priorities but can work against environmental sustainability goals. For example, these technologies bring high compute demands, increased ele…
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…
M-Files Embeds Itself More Deeply Into the Microsoft Ecosystem
On July 1, 2025, M-Files — the enterprise content management (ECM) vendor — announced a deepening of its strategic partnership with Microsoft. M-Files will now use Microsoft’s SharePoint Embedded as its foundational document repository. M-Files diffe…