The Big Five IT trends of the next half decade

This is a great article by Dion Hinchcliffe from ZDNET who explain how these new technologies will challenge CIO’s and their quest to improve productivity in corporations.

Summary:

In today’s ever more technology-centric world, the stodgy IT department isn’t considered the home of innovation and business leadership. Yet that might have to change as some of the biggest advances in the history of technology make their way into the front lines of service delivery.

Here’s an exploration of the top five IT trends in the next half decade, including some of the latest industry data, and what the major opportunities and challenges are.

Full article: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hinchcliffe/the-big-five-it-trends-of-the-next-half-decade-mobile-social-cloud-consumerization-and-big-data/1811