Deloitte Identifies the 10 Most Disruptive and Emerging Technologies for CIOs to Consider Over the Next 18 Months
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Deloitte Identifies the 10 Most Disruptive and Emerging Technologies for CIOs to Consider Over the Next 18 Months
NEW YORK, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Deloitte today issued a new report identifying 10 disruptive and emerging technologies that are expected to play a crucial role in how businesses will operate globally over the next 18 months.
"With 2011 well underway, CIOs should be evaluating the progress made on their New Year's resolutions and taking full advantage of technologies that have the ability to dramatically improve and advance their business operations and decision-making," said Mark White, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and a co-author of the report. "We have evaluated, industry-wide, what is working and what is not when it comes to IT and have identified 10 technologies that are likely to transform the enterprise over the next 18 months."
Deloitte's report, "Tech Trends 2011: The Natural Convergence of Business and IT," groups the technologies into two categories: "(Re)emerging Enablers," which is described as five technologies that many CIOs have spent time, thought and resources on in the past, and "Disruptive Deployments," five additional technologies that showcase new business models and transformative ways to operate. The 10 technologies are:
(Re)Emerging Enablers:
-- Almost Enterprise Applications: Quick and agile solutions like the
cloud and Software- and Platform-as-a-Service (SaaS, PaaS) appeal to the
business, but are they "enterprise enough" for IT? Almost enterprise
applications are being eagerly embraced by many business leaders, and
CIOs should get in front of this democratization and self-service trend.
-- CIOs as Revolutionaries: With the cloud, social computing and mobility
shaking up business models and transforming how business is done, the
technology agenda should be considered as tantamount to the business
agenda--and CIOs are the executives positioned to pull them into
alignment.
-- Cyber Intelligence: While it still may be necessary to build a rapid
detect-and-respond cyber security function, organizations should
consider going beyond adding tools to learn and adapt, protect against
upstream threats, and connect the internal and external dots to assess
probable risks, and in the process move from reactive to proactive.
-- End of Death of ERP: ERP can be an enabler of tomorrow's innovations,
not a fading footnote of yesterday's legacy. Organizations are still
able to tap ERP applications to transform processes with reduced risk --
at a lower cost and at a quicker pace.
-- Visualization: Visualization deserves a fresh look given the evolution
of the underlying tools and the rich potential represented by
unstructured data. It can provide a new way to tap into millions of
internal emails, instant messages and documents, as well as trillions of
social media objects, Twitter tweets, text messages, blogs and other
content of potential concern or opportunity for the enterprise.
Disruptive Deployments:
-- Applied Mobility: New mobile solutions are being designed to serve the
full spectrum of transactional, analytical and social computing
capabilities, and present the opportunity for organizations to define
real and lasting value in applied mobility solutions and business
enablement. This could be the year that businesses will truly begin
harnessing these features into rich, yet simple and intuitive
applications to solve real business problems.
-- Capability Clouds: Capability clouds have the potential to move beyond
the building blocks of capacity clouds to deliver finished services that
can address business objectives and enterprise goals. CIOs should be
prepared to answer how they leverage the ecosystem of capabilities,
services and value networks delivered by the cloud.
-- Real Analytics: As the economy resets, analytics can offer improved
visibility to help companies drive operational efficiencies. Analytics
can also offer an opportunity for growth by helping companies in their
efforts to address heart-of-the-business questions that can guide
decisions, yield new insights and help predict what's next.
-- Social Computing: As more of our personal and professional lives are
transacted via technology, rich trails of preferences, opinions and
behaviors are being created. Beyond the immediate benefits of empowering
stake-holders, this "digital exhaust" can be mined, providing a rich
source of insight on market positioning.
-- User Engagement: The proliferation of consumer and Internet technologies
has raised expectations for IT tools at work, and can empower employees
to find new insights and improve how business occurs. Enterprises
should seek to learn and understand how to turn newly-connected
consumers into new revenue channels and identify ways they can empower
employees to better connect dots and improve efficiency and
effectiveness.
"It's evident that the next 18 months will be pivotal for widespread adoption of technologies such as cloud, social computing, analytics and mobile technologies," said Bill Briggs, director, Deloitte Consulting LLP and co-author of the report. "Whether they are re-emerging enablers that are already somewhat at play at large among enterprises or disruptive deployments that offer new, transformative ways for organizations to operate, CIOs should keep ahead of these trends to help generate top returns not just of IT, but the business of the business."
For a full copy of the report, please visit, http://www.deloitte.com/us/techtrends2011, or Deloitte on Technology on the iTunes App Store.
As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see http://www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.
John La Place Molly Coleman
Deloitte Hill & Knowlton
+ 1 212 492 4267 + 1 212 885 0327
jlaplace@deloitte.com molly.coleman@hillandknowlton.com
SOURCE Deloitte
Deloitte
Web Site: http://www.deloitte.com/us
NEW YORK, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Deloitte today issued a new report identifying 10 disruptive and emerging technologies that are expected to play a crucial role in how businesses will operate globally over the next 18 months.
"With 2011 well underway, CIOs should be evaluating the progress made on their New Year's resolutions and taking full advantage of technologies that have the ability to dramatically improve and advance their business operations and decision-making," said Mark White, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and a co-author of the report. "We have evaluated, industry-wide, what is working and what is not when it comes to IT and have identified 10 technologies that are likely to transform the enterprise over the next 18 months."
Deloitte's report, "Tech Trends 2011: The Natural Convergence of Business and IT," groups the technologies into two categories: "(Re)emerging Enablers," which is described as five technologies that many CIOs have spent time, thought and resources on in the past, and "Disruptive Deployments," five additional technologies that showcase new business models and transformative ways to operate. The 10 technologies are:
(Re)Emerging Enablers:
-- Almost Enterprise Applications: Quick and agile solutions like the
cloud and Software- and Platform-as-a-Service (SaaS, PaaS) appeal to the
business, but are they "enterprise enough" for IT? Almost enterprise
applications are being eagerly embraced by many business leaders, and
CIOs should get in front of this democratization and self-service trend.
-- CIOs as Revolutionaries: With the cloud, social computing and mobility
shaking up business models and transforming how business is done, the
technology agenda should be considered as tantamount to the business
agenda--and CIOs are the executives positioned to pull them into
alignment.
-- Cyber Intelligence: While it still may be necessary to build a rapid
detect-and-respond cyber security function, organizations should
consider going beyond adding tools to learn and adapt, protect against
upstream threats, and connect the internal and external dots to assess
probable risks, and in the process move from reactive to proactive.
-- End of Death of ERP: ERP can be an enabler of tomorrow's innovations,
not a fading footnote of yesterday's legacy. Organizations are still
able to tap ERP applications to transform processes with reduced risk --
at a lower cost and at a quicker pace.
-- Visualization: Visualization deserves a fresh look given the evolution
of the underlying tools and the rich potential represented by
unstructured data. It can provide a new way to tap into millions of
internal emails, instant messages and documents, as well as trillions of
social media objects, Twitter tweets, text messages, blogs and other
content of potential concern or opportunity for the enterprise.
Disruptive Deployments:
-- Applied Mobility: New mobile solutions are being designed to serve the
full spectrum of transactional, analytical and social computing
capabilities, and present the opportunity for organizations to define
real and lasting value in applied mobility solutions and business
enablement. This could be the year that businesses will truly begin
harnessing these features into rich, yet simple and intuitive
applications to solve real business problems.
-- Capability Clouds: Capability clouds have the potential to move beyond
the building blocks of capacity clouds to deliver finished services that
can address business objectives and enterprise goals. CIOs should be
prepared to answer how they leverage the ecosystem of capabilities,
services and value networks delivered by the cloud.
-- Real Analytics: As the economy resets, analytics can offer improved
visibility to help companies drive operational efficiencies. Analytics
can also offer an opportunity for growth by helping companies in their
efforts to address heart-of-the-business questions that can guide
decisions, yield new insights and help predict what's next.
-- Social Computing: As more of our personal and professional lives are
transacted via technology, rich trails of preferences, opinions and
behaviors are being created. Beyond the immediate benefits of empowering
stake-holders, this "digital exhaust" can be mined, providing a rich
source of insight on market positioning.
-- User Engagement: The proliferation of consumer and Internet technologies
has raised expectations for IT tools at work, and can empower employees
to find new insights and improve how business occurs. Enterprises
should seek to learn and understand how to turn newly-connected
consumers into new revenue channels and identify ways they can empower
employees to better connect dots and improve efficiency and
effectiveness.
"It's evident that the next 18 months will be pivotal for widespread adoption of technologies such as cloud, social computing, analytics and mobile technologies," said Bill Briggs, director, Deloitte Consulting LLP and co-author of the report. "Whether they are re-emerging enablers that are already somewhat at play at large among enterprises or disruptive deployments that offer new, transformative ways for organizations to operate, CIOs should keep ahead of these trends to help generate top returns not just of IT, but the business of the business."
For a full copy of the report, please visit, http://www.deloitte.com/us/techtrends2011, or Deloitte on Technology on the iTunes App Store.
As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see http://www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.
John La Place Molly Coleman
Deloitte Hill & Knowlton
+ 1 212 492 4267 + 1 212 885 0327
jlaplace@deloitte.com molly.coleman@hillandknowlton.com
SOURCE Deloitte
Deloitte
Web Site: http://www.deloitte.com/us