Forrester’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies For 2026: Beyond Chat
Forrester’s 2026 Top 10 Emerging Technologies list marks a pivot from chat‑centric AI to a three‑layer framework—Interact, Build, and Fuel. It highlights layer‑zero experiences that overlay apps, physical AI and robotics delivering 20‑50% efficiency gains, and multi‑agent systems that coordinate autonomous workflows. The report also flags frontier fuels such as advanced foundation models, AI supercomputing and a near‑term quantum breakthrough that could jeopardize encryption by 2030. Across the board, AI privacy and trust platforms are consolidating to safeguard these expanding capabilities.
IBM And The Converging Forces Reshaping Enterprise AI
IBM is betting on the convergence of digital sovereignty, agentic AI, and cybersecurity by unveiling its Sovereign Core framework and an integrated open‑source stack anchored by Red Hat, Confluent and DataStax. The company positions the framework as a client‑operated, hybrid‑compatible...
The AI CIO Will Govern Outcomes At Scale
Forrester’s new report "The AI CIO" argues that artificial intelligence will remodel the chief information officer’s role more dramatically than the past decade of digital transformation. The focus will shift from merely delivering technology to governing AI‑driven outcomes at scale....
Project Glasswing Shows That AI Will Break The Vulnerability Management Playbook
Anthropic and 11 other industry leaders launched Project Glasswing, a coalition aimed at securing critical software using the new Claude Mythos Preview AI model, which claims to discover zero‑day vulnerabilities faster than existing tools. The initiative signals a potential shift...
The CDO Role Has Changed — And So Has What “Good” Looks Like
The chief data officer (CDO) role has shifted from primarily delivering dashboards and pipelines to guaranteeing that data drives decisions, behaviors, and outcomes. Modern CDOs now own the entire data value chain, emphasizing trusted data, clear ownership, and rapid question‑to‑action...
Geopolitical Volatility Has Become A Technology Leadership Test
Geopolitical tensions are tightening IT budgets as rising energy costs, inflation and slower growth force leaders to scrutinize every technology spend, especially large‑scale AI projects. Executives must shift AI initiatives from experimental pilots to enterprise‑wide programs that deliver measurable outcomes...
Why IT Service Management Platform Migrations Fail — And What IT Leaders Must Do Before Switching Platforms
IT service management platforms are increasingly seen as strategic liabilities as legacy tools fail to meet modern business demands. Rising costs, fragmented vendor relationships, and integration challenges push leaders toward migration, framing it as a business transformation. However, many initiatives...
When Every Enterprise Architecture Tool Looks The Same …
Enterprise architecture leaders are overwhelmed by vendor demos that showcase identical feature lists, making tool selection difficult. Six shortlisted EA suites all met RFP checklists, yet the EA lead could not differentiate them based on features alone. By reframing the...
From Volatility To Chaos: Navigating Wartime Impacts For Tech Leaders
The ongoing Middle East conflict is driving a sharp rise in fuel prices, forcing companies like Southwest Airlines and UBS to brace for higher operating costs. Traditional IT operating models, built for gradual stress, are buckling under the rapid, continuous...
What CIOs Are Doing To Evolve Operating Models And Talent
The episode examines how CIOs are reshaping IT operating models and talent to drive business value, focusing on three recurring initiative patterns: shifting to platform operating models jointly owned by business and technology, strengthening architecture and portfolio management as a...
US Insurance Tech Spending 2026: From Modernization To Intelligence
The episode examines Forrester's forecast that U.S. insurance tech spending will rise by $173 billion in 2026, reaching 6 % of total national tech outlays. It explains how insurers are shifting from pure modernization to intelligence‑driven initiatives—cloud migration, AI‑enabled analytics, automation, and...
Takeaways From The Future Of Software Development Retreat: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You’re Ready To
The episode recaps insights from a high‑level, invitation‑only retreat on the future of software development, where veteran engineers and AI pioneers debated the rise of autonomous code generation. Key takeaways include the existential anxiety sparked by AI‑driven app‑generation (“Welcome to...
