Tech Trends 2015: The Fusion of Business and IT Report

Introduction
A fundamental transformation is happening in the way C-suite leaders and chief information officers collaborate to leverage disruptive change, chart business strategy, and pursue potentially transformative opportunities.

CIO as chief integration officer
CIOs can help drive innovation by serving as a link between the business strategy and the IT agenda - fusing the vision for tomorrow with the realities of today.

API economy
Application programming interfaces can extend the reach of an organization’s core assets, allowing them to be shared, reused, or even resold as a new revenue stream.

Ambient computing
More than the sum of its devices, the Internet of Things links technologies together to create new services and opportunities.

Dimensional marketing
The modern era for marketing is being formed around four new dimensions: customer engagement, connectivity, information, and next-generation technology.

Software-defined everything
Much of the operating environment can now be virtualized, automated, and orchestrated, positioning infrastructure as a competitive differentiator that can help fuel innovation.

Core renaissance
As focus shifts from performing business processes to enabling innovation, reinvented core systems can form the foundation for growth and new service development.

Amplified intelligence
Applying advanced techniques like machine learning and predictive modeling to massive, complex data sets helps amplify our intelligence for more effective decision making.

IT worker of the future
Tackling the scarcity of technical talent likely means cultivating a new species of IT worker with habits, incentives, and skills that are inherently different from today’s.

Exponentials
Exponentials represent unprecedented opportunities as well as existential threats. Explore six with far-reaching, transformative impact.