2020... what's to come?

I've been in the IT game for more decades than I'm willing to share, and from my observation we have been blown away by innovation after innovation over this time, and invested capital into these advances to get the promised returns that technology leaders told us were possible. The end result is that many business and IT decisions were made purely for their perceived value, rather than a strategic purchase, and each built upon each other so that many times we needed to “rip and replace” earlier investments just to keep up.

The CEO of a leadership company, Mark Barrenechea, CEO and President of OpenText, has given us the opportunity to look ahead more than a decade, and ask the questions “where is all this going” and “what will it mean for businesses”?  Rather than continuing to flit from technology to technology, in his whitepaper he has given us a glimpse into the future, with a look at 3 major innovations that will be in place by 2020 and how we can use this knowledge to plan ahead.

These innovations are:

1. Disruptive Technologies

Some of these new technologies that will impact businesses are 5G, holographic TVs, nanobots, wearable technologies, 3D printing and the Internet of Things.

2. The “Generation Z” workforce

This will be the first generation that grew up with easy access to the Internet and will expect unlimited access to information. 

3. Mass Digitalization

The delivery of software, video, audio, games and other media will all be delivered digitally. Mark Barrenechea concludes that CIOs will need to transform from a record keeping focus to one of engagement and outlines tools that will allow companies to take these steps in preparation.

To read more download the agenda here.