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The Future Of (Enterprise) Software

Enterprise software is about to get cheaper and faster to build. Here's what that means for your tech stack — and your team.

Reporting by Forrester Blog 1 min brief
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Why it matters

As AI makes software creation abundant, enterprise software economics and career paths are fundamentally shifting. This is industry transformation through the lens of how work gets done.

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  1. Forrester research on enterprise software's future in an AI-abundant world

  2. Presented at Technology & Innovation Forum, Austin, September 2026

  3. Focus on workforce and deployment implications rather than AI model capability

  4. Collaboration between Forrester analysts exploring software creation abundance

  5. Forrester research project on enterprise software + AI abundance

  6. Published Sept 21, 2026 (recent)

  7. Co-authored by Joe Cicman

  8. Presented at Forrester Technology & Innovation Forum in Austin

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Publisher excerpt: I have spent much of this summer working with my colleague Joe Cicman on a deceptively simple question: What happens to enterprise software when AI makes software creation abundant? Last week, Joe presented the first evolution of our thinking at Forrester’s Technology & Innovation Forum in Austin.…
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