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Marketers are increasingly under pressure to show that their digital marketing investments are generating returns. Large firms like Unilever have moved to more regularly reevaluate their marketing spending as part of a shift to zero-based budgeting — a…
Digital business leaders know that customer obsession is the winning mantra, however meeting the needs of today’s empowered customer requires both laser focus and responsiveness. Experimentation, minimum viable products, and labs are so 2017. In 2018, …
When I look back at my time as a CIO, I often say it was only half-Dickensian. I bet you can guess which half! Legacy was rampant. Ops models and operating frameworks where based on dated theories. Just as folks felt like they were getting a handle on …
“It would be wrong to think that there is an end date on our digital transformation. We will never go back to how we used to work”. This is how the head of strategic transformation at Poland’s Bank Zachodni WBK thinks about the bank&#…
How can a company receive $1,9 billion in funding, be valuated $6bn and not even have launched a commercial product? There must be some magic here. Precisely! Adi Robertson is right to ask “why do people keep giving Magic Leap money?” One of the obviou…
Over the past decade, Forrester has written extensively about the evolution of digital money management (AKA personal financial management, or PFM). Digital money management promises to give millions of people the financial education, budgeting tips, financial guidance, and advice that they sorely need. Yet, despite customers needing financial advice as much as ever, early implementations […]
Global air travel is growing at exponential rates. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air travel is expected to double by 2035, growing from 3.8 billion travels in 2016 to 7.2 billion.
Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is already feeling the effects of this growth. According to Aaldert Hofman, Lead Enterprise Architect for the Schiphol Group, the airport has been working to accommodate this trend through digital transformation, using a strategy of “bytes not bricks” to better manage crowds, accommodate airline schedules and provide a better passenger experience.
Thomas Edison once said, “The value of an idea is in the using of it.” Today (many of) those “ideas” are data and the insights derived from them, and it remains true that their value is in how they are used. Simply put, data + use = value. Insights-driven companies use these data-derived insights in […]
Over the past few years, “mobile first” has become the new marketing imperative. However, few B2C marketers are good at executing this concept. More importantly, focusing solely on mobile-first doesn’t truly put mobile at the heart of the customer experience and business transformation. Apple is celebrating the iPhone’s tenth anniversary this year, just as an […]
For the past few years, Forrester has fielded a Global Mobile Executive Survey to understand and benchmark mobile initiatives. This year, we are updating the survey again to help marketers and business executives benchmark and mature their mobile strategy and services. Planning and organizing for the use of mobile technologies is a complex task. Integrating mobile […]
Google after second shot disrupting healthcare-and Apple-with Health 2.0 announcement Google made several announcements Wednesday around new hardware, software, and developer tools. Capitalizing on the demand for digital healthcare solutions, Google rolled out its HealthX API platform through Apigee at Health 2.0 in Santa Clara. The platform provides endpoints for developers to build HIPAA compliant […]
[this blog post was co-authored by Michael Chirokas] A year ago, Forrester published a report that listed Eleven Mobile Features That More Banks Should Offer. Unsurprisingly, our ongoing research continues to uncover new mobile services that belong on banks’ road maps. Recently, we came across another feature that several startups offer but that we haven’t seen […]