TYSONS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital moonshots, apps at the edge and information enlightenment will be among the enterprise digital trends to watch in 2019, according to new predictions by DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company.
The company today laid out six predictions that will define the IT shifts organizations will need to think about to drive their digital strategies next year.
“Business transformation is accelerating as enterprises make big bets on digital strategy to gain operational efficiencies, invent new markets, redesign customer experiences and achieve savings they can reinvest to fund a digital future,” said Dan Hushon, senior vice president and chief technology officer, DXC Technology. “Enterprise leaders should examine how these six trends will shape their digital journey so they can get it right, learn fast and execute forward in 2019.”
Hushon identified six digital trends that will accelerate business transformation in 2019:
1) Enterprises go after digital business moonshots
In 2019,
enterprises will make more aligned, bet-the-company execution decisions
to accelerate digital business. Expect to see new businesses, business
models and technologies built from digital. A unified digital strategy
between the business and IT is the only way to unload the compounding
technical debt that is holding companies back from exploring moonshot
digital initiatives. It’s all about focusing, accelerating digital
transformation, having the stamina to succeed and achieving nonlinear
growth.
2) Enterprises adopt next-generation IoT platforms
As
enterprises map their physical world to an intelligence-rich digital
one, smart “things” become a driving force for implementing
next-generation platforms in 2019. This advance will enable large
quantities of industry-specific data from the internet of things (IoT)
to be analyzed, uncovering novel, hyper-dimensional correlations that
provide fresh insights, enhanced decision making and better business
outcomes.
3) Action at the edge disrupts the cloud
The IT industry
continues to build out what we call “the
Matrix,” the pervasive, intelligent IT infrastructure that goes
beyond cloud to include edge computing, IoT platforms, machine
intelligence, augmented reality/virtual reality, blockchain and more.
Companies will build completely new ways to leverage the Matrix,
including decentralized applications (DApps), shifting power from a
small number of central players to a large number of participants.
Additionally, a shift toward event-driven applications and serverless
architectures allows very small and specific applications to run in
lightweight environments such as pocket or wrist devices.
4) Enterprises enter the age of Information Enlightenment
Leveraging
information will become a core competency in 2019. Companies that
experience Information Enlightenment will realize that artificial
intelligence and machine learning can improve service offerings and
generate new sources of revenue — but only with the right algorithms,
model orchestration, data and infrastructure.
5) Enterprises redesign customer experiences amid stronger data
privacy rules
Protecting customers’ personal data will force
companies to rethink their digital strategy as the full effects of the
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set in. Enterprises must
create privacy-centric information ecosystems, with analytics and
security as the foundation, as they aim to deliver secure interactions
and superior customer experiences.
6) Companies begin closing their data centers
The enterprise
data center is becoming less relevant as the data arrival and business
processing shift to the cloud. To operate more efficiently and derive
more value from their data, enterprises are shifting workloads to public
cloud providers, who have massive bandwidth and strategically placed
data centers. The trend will play out over the next three to five years,
as cloud migration gives way to “built for cloud” replacements.
Resources:
- DXC Chief Technology Officer Dan Hushon’s 6 digital trends to accelerate business transformation in 2019 article and video
- DXC’s 6 digital trends for 2019 blog post
- Follow Dan Hushon at @DanHushon for more on the digital enterprise journey
- Join the conversation at #DXCDigitalTrends19
About DXC Technology
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, serving nearly 6,000 private and public-sector clients from a diverse array of industries across 70 countries. The company’s technology independence, global talent and extensive partner network deliver transformative digital offerings and solutions that help clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change. DXC Technology is recognized among the best corporate citizens globally. For more information, visit dxc.technology.
