Tech Trends 2018: An Overview

Rather than exploring emerging technology domains in isolation, CIOs can orchestrate the convergence of powerful new capabilities to uncover business opportunities and achieve strategic and operational goals. "An orchestra full of stars," the renowned German conductor Kurt Masur said, "can be a disaster." It turns out the same can be true of an enterprise full of emerging technology capabilities developed and pursued independently. In our ninth annual Tech Trends report, "The Symphonic Enterprise," we look at how strategy, technology, and operations trends can work together in harmony across domains and boundaries in the coming year. Without a doubt, there is more than one next big thing in enterprise technology.