The need for new business leaders who understand the importance convergence of business and technology and are able to address the impact of digital innovation within the boundaries set by organizational readiness

Gartner prediction : By 2017 CMO’s will spend more on IT than CIOs

Videos will account for half of global mobile data

Partnerships are key – no one company can do it all

Collaborative Economy – rather than own people with want to rent or borrow. Have access to products on an as as-needed basis

Integration is key – no one tool can do it all

Fitness app installs will grow 70% by 2017

Forrester Research predicts that by 2020 most IT departments in companies will disappear as applications such as email etc. move to the cloud (yet we have large,conservative clients that want on-prem solutions today)

Successful companies will depend more than ever on the quality of their employees