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Forrester Honors Recipients Of Its 2025 Technology Awards For North America
The United States Department of the Navy, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Bank of America recognized for aligning their technology strategies to drive business
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nThe United States Department of the Navy, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Bank of America recognized for aligning their technology strategies to drive business growth\n\n\n CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nForrester (Nasdaq: FORR) today announced that US military department the United States Department of the Navy, pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and US banking institution Bank of America are the 2025 winners of its Technology Awards for Technology Strategy Impact, Enterprise Architecture, and Data & AI Impact, respectively, for North America. These awards, which will be presented at Technology & Innovation Summit North America, recognize organizations that boost alignment across their companies’ technology strategy; enterprise architecture; and data, AI, and analytics capabilities to deliver measurable business value.\n\n\n“This year’s award recipients are redefining how technology, enterprise architecture, and data are evolving into strategic drivers of innovation, resilience, and business transformation,” said Fred Giron, VP and senior research director at Forrester. “By fostering principles of alignment, trust, and adaptivity — the foundation of high-performance IT — these organizations are fueling business outcomes in substantial ways. We look forward to honoring this year’s Technology Award recipients at Technology & Innovation Summit North America.”\n\n\nInformation about Forrester’s 2025 Technology Strategy Impact Award winner and finalists:\n\n\n\nThe United States Department of the Navy demonstrated speed and scale in deploying secure, mission-critical technologies across a globally distributed workforce. The Department of Navy achieved strategic alignment by shifting from compliance-driven IT to mission-focused outcomes, anchoring every initiative to top-level capability needs instead of legacy requirements. Additionally, its Innovation Adoption Kit (IAK) and “Accelerating Change Design Concepts” (ACDCs) reduced delivery cycles from months to weeks, while its generative AI assistant, DON GPT, scaled across departments and increased productivity. Along with its enterprise solution, Flank Speed, becoming the first secure cloud environment in the Department of War to implement all Zero Trust activities, the Department of Navy is committed to user and stakeholder trust through improving effectiveness, qua...