As expectations around IT change, new business models and opportunities are up for grabs. To take advantage of this value, organizations need to implement the right combination of strategies, processes, and infrastructure. A piecemeal approach to leveraging new technology—in the midst of a fast-paced market—could leave businesses disaggregated and left on the sidelines by faster competitors.
Those who have converged technology trends to produce an agile IT strategy will have the systems, processes and organizations to work at an accelerated pace. Increasingly, technology capabilities have become the determining factor in an organization’s ability to succeed.
Table of Contents:
- Executive Summary
- Today’s Enterprise Technology Landscape is Changing Rapidly
- Business is Changing: Be Agile or Be Left Behind
- The New Role of IT
- What IT Needs to Change
- Programmable Infrastructure
- Orchestration
- Automation
- Application Centricity
- Customer Impact
- Call to Action
- Figure 1: Hierarchy of the New Convergence
Companies Referenced:
- Amazon Web Services
- Cisco
- Fitbit
- HBO
- Miami Children's Hospital
- Transwestern
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Patrick founded the firm based on his real-world world technology experiences with the understanding of what he wasn’t getting from analysts and consultants. Ten years later, Patrick is ranked #1 among technology industry analysts in terms of “power” (ARInsights) in “press citations” (Apollo Research). Moorhead is a contributor at Forbes and frequently appears on CNBC. He is a broad-based analyst covering a wide variety of topics including the cloud, enterprise SaaS, collaboration, client computing, and semiconductors. He has 30 years of experience including 15 years of executive experience at high tech companies (NCR, AT&T, Compaq, now HP, and AMD) leading strategy, product management, product marketing, and corporate marketing, including three industry board appointments.
