6 Technology trends for 2018: Innovation focused on your digital journey

In 2018, we'll see an aggressive move to common IT platforms so companies can respond to market changes faster, be more productive and make better-informed decisions. These common platforms are rich in analytics, follow the information flow of the business and are simple enough that users can constantly change the business without writing (much) code. Moreover, they bring an operational and evergreen scale to traditionally bespoke enterprise IT. These common platforms -- from Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others -- provide very suitable if not substantially improved replacements for what used to be custom builds. "This is about the technology you need, not the technology you make," emphasizes Dan Hushon, CTO of DXC Technology.