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Rose-Colored Glasses Hide All The Red Flags: Advice From The S&R Forrester Women’s Leadership Program
As has now become a Forrester Security & Risk Summit tradition, a room full of amazing women and a few brave fellas gathered last week as part of the Forrester Women’s Leadership Program to celebrate successes and solve for the many challenges that women face in this field. The theme? “To propel your career in security and risk, choose your advisers and nuggets of advice wisely.”
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Why Forrester’s Oracle Services Landscape, Q3 2024, Is So Important
We recently completed The Oracle Services Landscape, Q3 2024. Since the last edition of this Forrester Landscape, Oracle customers have been eager to modernize their enterprise applications’ footprint and adopt software-as-a-service (SaaS) principles. Customers of heritage products, like E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft, have been rapidly adopting Oracle Fusion Applications as Oracle is one of the […]
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How Rowan Curran Helped Forrester Stake A Bold Claim In GenAI Research
Senior Analyst Rowan Curran returned to Forrester at just the right time. Here, he reflects on what led him to Forrester, lessons learned in the public sector, and the wild ride that is generative AI.
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The Many Hats Of Jean Douglas Over A Long And Storied Career
Outgoing Vice President of Corporate Services Jean Douglas reflects on her 34-year career with Forrester, the changes she’s seen, and the lessons she’s learned.
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Grasp The Opportunities That Gen Z Offers To Transform Your Organization
Gen Z employees, those workers born between 1997 and 2012, are entering your organization and will account for 27% of the workforce by 2025. To counter the myths and misconceptions about Gen Z, we surveyed thousands of Gen Zers in multiple countries. The results of this research are summarized in the report, Ready Or Not, […]
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Passing The Beads: The Lasting Legacy Of Forrester’s Former President Bill Bluestein
Bill Bluestein’s storied tenure transformed how research is done at Forrester. Learn about his legacy and the latest winner of his namesake award, Brandon Purcell.
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Building An Insights-Driven Strategy: Where Do You Start?
“Follow the yellow brick road!” Silly Dorothy. She had it so easy. Dorothy had a magical guide that popped up when she needed help the most. For many executives getting started with forming a data team and an insights strategy, the road forward is not so clear. Executives find themselves bewildered and disoriented in a […]
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Cybersecurity Firms Aren’t Immune To The Economic Downturn
Last week, Forrester published its first report on what cybersecurity vendors’ quarterly earnings mean for technology executives. This research involved analysis of earnings calls from 10 publicly listed cybersecurity service providers. This information showcases existing trends and strategies and hopefully saves you some time by highlighting the most important interpretations. Even though most cybersecurity vendors’ […]
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The OMS Market Is A Battleground — The Latest Forrester Wave™ Shows Fierce Competition
Our just-published The Forrester Wave™: Order Management Systems, Q2 2023, illustrates a fractured market of eight order management system vendors, all racing to match an unprecedented rate of change.
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Jinan Budge Charts Her Own Bold Path In Security And Risk Research
When Vice President, Principal Analyst Jinan Budge joined Forrester, she knew she had found the perfect role. Life circumstances took her on a temporary detour, but she returned to pioneer an influential new stream of security and risk research.
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Conquering Impostor Syndrome: How I’m Navigating The Trials And Tribulations Of Becoming A Principal Analyst At Forrester
Even with 20+ years of prior experience working on award-winning demand gen campaigns, I still had to overcome a sense of impostor syndrome in my first few weeks at Forrester. As I’ve moved through the onboarding process, and with the help of my fellow analysts, I’ve become more confident in my role and even more excited about my future at Forrester.
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Forecasting The Future: Five Seismic Shifts That We Saw Coming
As Forrester approaches its 40th anniversary, we reflect on a few of the monumental changes that we correctly predicted.
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VP, Group Research Director Melissa Parrish: “I Always Knew Forrester Was My Home”
One in 10 Forrester employees is a boomerang — a former worker who has rejoined the company. In this Q&A, VP and Group Research Director Melissa Parrish explains what initially brought her to Forrester, why she chose to return, and how her experiences have made her a stronger, more effective leader.