Top tech trends for digital leaders in 2018.
Organisations now collect more data than a human brain could possibly process in a lifetime (or several). So we're using machine learning to gather and analyse data from everywhere. All to help you do things better. Hospitals can track if nurses and doctors wash their hands when they should. Banks can find and fix issues with their mobile apps before users call in. The list goes on.
No more tweaking hundreds of network settings by hand. We're shifting from manual and going automatic. Now your network is like a self-driving car. You tell it the destination, it figures out how to get there. Ask your network to set up a new office site, and it's done in milliseconds, not hours.
Picture this: You step into a meeting room. The smart room checks your calendar and starts your meeting on time. Oh, and because you're the only one in the room, it raises the temperature. So you can focus on your meeting, not finding a sweater. It sounds like sci-fi. But it's reality.
It's no longer a journey to the cloud, singular. It's about putting things in whichever cloud works best. So adopt a private cloud in your data centre. Pick a public cloud. Any cloud. Or do all of the above. Now you can manage and secure your data everywhere—whether you're using one cloud or one hundred.
Now you can embed security in everything you do. Watch how people or things behave, learn the patterns, and get alerts if something changes. So if an employee accesses a file from a server they've not used recently, your systems will notice right away. Which helps you catch security breaches before they happen. Or at least respond more quickly.
Remember, these trends are connected. The companies who thrive in the digital era are the ones who master all five. So don't think of them as separate trends. They're a digital platform for everything you do.