Enterprise IT Trends for 2018

Here we are at the halfway point of 2017. Rather than wait until the end of the year to make a few predictions about the new year, I'll offer up a few now.

IT Finally Gets Serious about Simplicity

For years, many CIOs have lamented the states of their systems and architectures, especially when exciting new technologies have shown so much promise. This is particularly true at mature organizations that appear to be reluctant to embrace the future. Convoluted systems and spaghetti architecture inhibit plenty of firms from acting and reacting quickly, something that is becoming increasingly costly. I expect more of the holdouts to not only think seriously about how to streamline operations and systems, but actually begin the process.