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Christopher Mines

Senior Vice President, Research Director serving CIOs

Blog: CIO Blog

Chris is a member of Forrester's Business Technology Futures team, which serves CIOs and their business partners by predicting the long-term business impact of information technology. His research focus is on tech-driven business transformation and smart computing and analytics, analyzing the economics and business models of IT suppliers, and emerging trends in technology adoption. Currently, his research is centered on the role of IT in enabling sustainability initiatives and improving corporate environmental responsibility.

Chris has been with Forrester for 13 years as an analyst and research team leader. He led Forrester's US research organization from 2002 to 2006, and he previously led the firm's research efforts in the financial services, automotive, healthcare, and telecom industries. He regularly speaks at industry conferences and Forrester events and is widely quoted in the business and IT industry press.

Previous Work Experience

Prior to joining Forrester, Chris was a principal at GeoPartners Research, doing strategy consulting for leading technology companies. During the 1980s, he was with the investment bank Cowen & Company, where he headed its research coverage of the networking industry. He also worked at The Yankee Group as a telecom industry analyst. He began his career as a member of technical staff at IBM's network software labs.

Education

Chris holds degrees from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the University of Pennsylvania.

Research Coverage:

Business Technology, Business Value of IT, Cisco Systems, IT Infrastructure & Operations, IT Management, IT Serving the Business, Marketing & Strategy, Product & Solutions Strategies, Research In Motion, Technology, Technology Product Strategies, Telecommunication Services

Christopher Mines's Research

For CIOs
Report: Six Business Technology Trends That Will Propel Your Firm In 2013
Christopher MinesMarch 19, 2013
Forrester sees six important trends unfolding in business technology (BT), where information technology will most directly and visibly affect business outcomes. Not having an initiative or effor...
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For CIOs
Report: Emerging Markets And Technologies Drive Tech Industry Growth
Christopher MinesJanuary 26, 2012
2012 is the year that the performance of emerging markets will be crucial to the growth prospects of the global technology industry. In particular, the top tier of the emerging markets — w...
- Downloads: 991
For CIOs
Report: Forrsights: The Macro Trends Shaping The Tech Industry This Decade
Christopher MinesNovember 28, 2011
Rather than quietly maturing into middle age as it enters its seventh decade, the information and communications technology (ICT) industry is continuing to evolve rapidly. The ICT landscape is r...
- Downloads: 1084
For CIOs
Report: Corporate Sustainability Will Depend On IT Solutions
Christopher MinesOctober 18, 2011
Improving the environmental sustainability of corporate processes and products is slowly but surely moving up the strategic agenda of large companies around the world. In interviewing sustainabi...
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For CIOs
Report: Another Year Of Outperformance For The Tech Industry
Christopher MinesJanuary 31, 2011
In this report, we highlight macro trends and specific predictions that indicate the directions of growth and disruption for the technology industry in 2011.
- Downloads: 918

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For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals
Report: Topic Overview: Green IT
Christopher Mines, Euan DavisNovember 26, 2007
Environmental responsibility is emerging as an important topic for corporate IT organizations and their technology suppliers. Corporate IT will go green in the coming years, driven by a combinat...
- Downloads: 2065
For CIOs
Report: Market Overview: Green IT Services
Christopher MinesApril 24, 2009
IT services companies are responding to client needs by building green IT and corporate sustainability practices. We continue to forecast very healthy growth — 60% CAGR —for this mar...
- Downloads: 1648
For CIOs
Report: The Dawn Of Green IT Services
Christopher MinesMarch 04, 2008
Enterprises are increasingly going green, and looking to IT operations to help them reduce corporate energy consumption and become more environmentally responsible. Some IT shops are responding ...
- Downloads: 1433
For CIOs
Report: Creating The Green IT Action Plan
Christopher MinesOctober 19, 2007
Enterprise CIOs have a variety of motivations for improving the environmental footprint of their IT operations, but they are often unsure how to proceed. IT organizations should start by craftin...
- Downloads: 1378
- Comments: 1
For CIOs
Report: Forrsights: The Macro Trends Shaping The Tech Industry This Decade
Christopher MinesNovember 28, 2011
Rather than quietly maturing into middle age as it enters its seventh decade, the information and communications technology (ICT) industry is continuing to evolve rapidly. The ICT landscape is r...
- Downloads: 1084