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Tech Trends 2017 and the power industry
Disrupting the utility
Deloitte’s annual flagship report, Tech Trends 2017 continues to identify the key trends that will likely revolutionize enterprise technology in the next 18-24 months. This spin-off report talks about how the trends presented in Tech Trends 2017 are likely to impact the power and utilities industry.
Digital has profoundly disrupted businesses over the years and utilities are no exception to this. But, the question is, which technologies really have the potential for utilities to yield a competitive advantage?
Right from virtualization to machine intelligence, blockchain, and dark analytics, this report analyzes the trends that could disrupt utilities in the next 18-24 months. While experimenting with new trends is a high-stakes endeavor, there’s no sitting on the sidelines when it comes to some of these trends.
Cutting through the hyperbole to identify those most critical and disruptive innovations is particularly important for utilities. To realize that potential, utilities should become a “kinetic enterprise” where the only constant is change.
Tech Trends 2017: The kinetic enterprise
Deloitte annual Technology Trends report analyzes the trends that could disrupt businesses in the next 18-24 months. CIOs who can harness the possibilities of these technologies will be better positioned to shape the future of their business.
The theme of this year’s Tech Trends report is the kinetic enterprise, an idea that describes companies that are developing the dexterity and vision required not only to overcome operational inertia but to thrive in a business environment that is, and will remain, in flux.
