Mark Moccia

VP, Research Director

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The Hard Truths: Tech Leadership Lessons From The Trenches

Mark Moccia 5 days ago
Welcome to the tech leader practitioner series! This new blog series will bring you insights from the professionals here at Forrester who have enjoyed careers in roles like yours or spend their days helping tech leaders tackle their thorniest challenges. Here, we will share our lessons learned through countless failures (some of them epic) and […]
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Prévisions 2026 : Décideurs IT tech : attendez-vous à une vague déferlante — équipez-vous d’une planche de surf, d’une calculatrice ou même d’un clone!

Mark Moccia 8 Octobre 2025
Les leaders technologiques s'apprêtent à vivre une année qui s'apparente à la fois à des montagnes russes, à une partie d'échecs et à une comédie improvisée. Prenez une longueur d'avance dans votre planification grâce à nos prévisions 2026 pour les leaders technologiques.
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Prognosen 2026: Tech-Verantwortliche stehen vor turbulenten Zeiten – gefragt sind Balance, Kalkulation und vielleicht sogar ein Klon

Mark Moccia 8 Oktober 2025
Technologieführer stehen vor einem Jahr, das teils Achterbahnfahrt, teils Schachpartie und teils Improvisationskomödie sein wird. Verschaffen Sie sich einen Vorsprung bei der Planung mit unseren Prognosen für Technologieführer für das Jahr 2026.
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Predictions 2026: Tech Leadership Will Be Wild — Bring Your Surfboard, Your Calculator, And Maybe A Clone

Mark Moccia October 8, 2025
Technology leaders are about to face a year that’s part roller coaster, part chess match, and part improv comedy. Get a jump on planning with our 2026 predictions for tech leaders.
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US Tariffs And IT Services: Prepare Your Organization For A Range Of Outcomes

Mark Moccia September 18, 2025
When was the last time you saw someone on a unicycle trying to juggle a few bottles? Have you ever tried it? Sure, looks impossible, right? This is a familiar sight for technology leaders because that is the nature of their everyday existence. Deploying new capabilities? Managing cyberthreats? Project running over budget? Just lost one […]
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Investitionsschwerpunkte der Tech-Führungskräfte 2026

Greg Zorella 8 September 2025
Für Führungskräfte im Technologiebereich, die einen Budgetplan für 2026 erstellen möchten, ist die Lage unklar. Erfahren Sie, wo IT-Organisationen investieren und wie Einsparungen Experimente fördern können.
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Quels Seront Les Investissements Des Leaders De La Technologie En 2026 ?

Greg Zorella 29 Août 2025
Pour les dirigeants technologiques qui cherchent à élaborer un plan d’investissement pour 2026, la situation reste incertaine. Découvrez où la majorité des organisations IT prévoient d’investir l’année prochaine, et dans quels domaines vous pourriez réduire les dépenses afin de financer davantage d’expérimentations technologiques au cours de l’année à venir.
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Volatility Now, Serenity Later?

Mark Moccia July 28, 2025
In the past, volatility for CIOs came in waves: an economic downturn here, a security breach there, a digital transformation sprint every few years. But 2025 has been an entirely different animal – year of "too much, too fast." Find out how a panel at the upcoming Technology & Innovation Summit in Austin can help master the mayhem and adapt your technology strategy.
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Where Technology Executives Will Be Investing In 2026

Greg Zorella July 15, 2025
For technology executives trying to build an investment plan for 2026, the picture is unclear. Find out where most IT organizations will be investing next year and where you may be able to scale back to fund more experimentation in the year ahead.
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Midyear CIO Check-In: Are You Crushing It Or Barely Treading Water?

Mark Moccia July 10, 2025
Life as a CIO is hectic, the environment around you is increasingly volatile, and you continually have to achieve more with less. Get some tips on managing tech debt and building engagement for your technology strategy.
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CIOs: Use Scenario Planning To Prepare For The Impact Of Tariffs On IT Costs

Mark Moccia April 7, 2025
To navigate the impact of tariffs on IT costs, identify worst-case, best-case, and likely scenarios along with the specific actions needed to mitigate the heightened cost pressures entailed in each scenario.
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Once More Unto The Breach: Tech Leaders Face Another Year Of Volatility And Cuts

Lauren Nelson April 3, 2025
In today’s era of volatility, technology leaders will need to do more with even less. This means dusting off the cost-cutting playbook to seek out additional optimization opportunities without sacrificing your AI ambitions. Here are a few cost-cutting measures to focus on in the near term.
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Help Your People In The US Federal Government Navigate Unprecedented Changes

Mark Moccia March 31, 2025
The speed, depth, and widespread nature of current change in the US government is dramatic, but as a leader in this space, you are uniquely challenged at this moment to help your people stay engaged in delivering great outcomes while under significant mental stress.