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By Nadzeya Stalbouskaya The concept of technical debt is widely recognized in both IT and business. It is often used to explain project delays, unstable systems, or rising maintenance costs all visible symptoms of shortcuts […]
By Paul Preiss Let’s be honest: most organizations don’t really manage technical debt. They track it like a credit card balance that never gets paid down, piling up until the interest eats away at innovation, […]
By Stuart Dee In a recent conversation with a CTO from one of our technology partners, I was struck by how they had successfully tackled a challenge many organisations are still grappling with data sovereignty […]
By Gerben Wierda Remember IT changes at breakneck speed? So why does it feel like the opposite when you want change done? Because it is true. The practice in all organisations in the world is the […]
By Kevin Donovan The Cognitive Burden of Clutter: Parallels to Technical Debt in IT Architecture Over the weekend, I came across a study from Yale published in Neuron that explored the effects of visual clutter […]
By Paul Preiss Many of you who read my blog will raise your hand when I ask who owns a home. But when I ask who really owns a home, most of those hands will […]
Forrester is thrilled to announce the opening of nominations for the 2025 global Enterprise Architecture Awards. Learn more about this year’s awards and how to apply here.
By Peter Turpin As organizations continue to embrace digital transformation through the rapid adoption of cloud services, they can face significant security challenges stemming from cloud sprawl, technical debt, and improper right-sizing of IT resource…
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In a Nutshell: With 91% of CTOs citing it as their biggest challenge and organizations spending nearly one-third of their technology budgets managing it, technical debt has become a critical business issue. Learn how lead…
By Alex Kreilein Building trustworthy software can feel impossible. The goal should not be the number of tickets closed or quantity of vulnerabilities remediated; it is instead about consistently achieving and delivering on the promise […]
A survey of over 1,000 enterprise technology leaders and practitioners has revealed some interesting findings about enterprise ai agent adoption. Overall, the survey entitled “State of AI Agent Development Strategies in the Enterprise” revealed widespr…
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…