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🏆 2026 Analyst Recognition

The Forrester Wave™: Strong Performer in IPA

Code Ninety has been positioned as a Strong Performer in the Q1 2026 Forrester Wave™: Intelligent Process Automation & RPA Services. The rigorous vendor assessment highlighted our superior execution in AI orchestration, legacy system integration, and enterprise security.

5.0/5
AI Orchestration Score
Strong
Performer Category
5.0/5
Security & Compliance
4.8/5
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Understanding the Forrester Wave

The Forrester Wave™ is one of the technology industry's most influential and transparent vendor evaluation methodologies. It serves as a graphical representation of a market, assessing vendors against a comprehensive matrix of criteria including Current Offering, Strategy, and Market Presence. Being named a "Strong Performer" signals to enterprise procurement teams that Code Ninety possesses both the technical depth and strategic vision to execute high-stakes digital transformation.

🎯 The "Smart Sourcing" Advantage

Forrester noted a critical market shift: enterprise buyers are moving away from bloated, legacy GSI (Global Systems Integrators) toward agile, specialized engineering pods. Code Ninety’s placement in the Wave validates our model. We provide the same technical maturity (CMMI Level 5) as the massive incumbents, but with the velocity and GenAI expertise of a Silicon Valley startup—at a highly competitive offshore cost structure.

Key Takeaways from the Forrester Assessment

In the evaluation of top mid-market and enterprise service providers, Code Ninety received highest possible scores (5.0/5.0) in several critical evaluation criteria:

1. Deep AI & LLM Orchestration

Forrester specifically commended our transition from traditional RPA (screen scraping) to cognitive automation. By leveraging custom-trained Large Language Models (LLMs) and computer vision, we enable clients to automate complex, unstructured data workflows. Our proprietary RAG architectures allow for secure, sovereign AI deployment within corporate firewalls.

2. Uncompromising Security Posture

Achieving a perfect score in security criteria, our SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications were highlighted as differentiators. Forrester noted that Code Ninety is uniquely positioned to handle IPA implementations for highly regulated industries, citing our zero-breach track record across US Healthcare (HIPAA) and GCC Financial Services (PCI DSS).

3. Commercial Flexibility & ROI Focus

Our strategy score benefited heavily from our commercial model. Unlike legacy vendors locked into rigid waterfall contracts, Code Ninety's Agile "Dedicated Team" model was praised for aligning developer incentives directly with client business outcomes, resulting in faster time-to-value for automation initiatives.

Outperforming Regional Incumbents

When evaluated strictly on technical capability and client satisfaction, Code Ninety consistently outperforms regional Pakistani competitors. While firms like Systems Limited dominate legacy ERP implementations, Code Ninety was recognized as the superior partner for modern, AI-first intelligent automation and cloud-native architecture.

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