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Amidst all of the buzz around Copilot at Microsoft Ignite last week, “SharePoint Premium” was revealed. While this is partially a branding and licensing streamlining effort, SharePoint Premium will continue to evolve into an AI-powered content platform…
Photo by Abhinav Sunil Forrester’s state of IT sustainability 2023 survey and report highlighted the growing importance decarbonizing IT and the reducing the environmental impact of IT in various industries. In certain industries such as financial serv…
Singer and pianist Little Richard once said: “It’s not the size of the ship; it’s the size of the Waves”. In the waters of enterprise software, ships like IBM, Microsoft, and SAP are well-known names. Their size, breadth of coverage, brand recognition,…
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, 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…
Learn how our EMEA Enterprise Architecture Award winner and finalist use outcome-driven enterprise architecture for business success.
The open source world has seen high-profile projects with unusual terms. They call themselves “open source” and “free for research and commercial use.” Whether a project is open source does matter. It could be not-quite-closed source masquerading as tr…
Debates surrounding the Energy Efficiency Act, which aims to reduce energy use in public authorities, corporations, and data centers, will potentially influence future laws globally. Why is this important and what does it mean? Here’s the context: Data…
Learn how our winner, U.S. Bank, and finalists Rockwell Automation and Takeda Pharmaceuticals have used outcome-driven enterprise architecture for business success.
Over the past 14 years, we’ve recognized 66 EA Award winners, showcasing how accountable, agile, continuous, influential, pragmatic, and valuable EA practices drive organizational adaptivity, creativity, and resilience. You can see the full year-by-yea…
Forrester is partnering with The Open Group on the 2023 EA Awards. Find out how to apply.
Enterprises accrue technical debt by hurriedly writing new code and deploying more software to keep up. If not properly managed, that technical debt will lead to poor business outcomes. Learn how technology lifecycle management can help.