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CONTENTS2FOREWORD 3INTRODUCTION 4TRENDS01Digital–physical blur:Extending intelligence to the edge 1202From workforce to crowdsource:The rise of the borderless enterprise 2803Data supply chain:Putting information into circulation 4204Harnessing hyperscale:Hardware is back (and never reallywent away) 5605The business of applications:Software as a core competencyin a digital world 7206Architecting resilience:“Built to survive failure” becomes themantra of the nonstop business 84CONCLUSION 98RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 102END NOTES 104CONTACTS 111#techvision2014
FOREWORDForewordWhen we declared “every business is a digital business”in the Accenture Technology Vision 2013, we didn’t seeit as a trend for last year or this year. We saw it as thefuture. The future of technology. The future of business.The future of our increasingly interconnected andinterdependent world.Enterprises are embracing technology in the way they dobusiness and also as a catalyst to create something new—new markets, new products, and new areas of growthLast year, we saw the beginnings of business transformationand revenues.based on a digital model. Organizations looking toreimagine themselves in a technology-driven world setforth on their journey to becoming digital businesses.Many organizations were experimenting, while otherswere making larger investments. But all were countingon technology to fuel their next waves of growth.The change is revolutionary. Industrial companies arebecoming customer service companies. Consumerproducts companies are becoming Internet companies.Energy companies are becoming information companies.And media and entertainment companies are becominglogistics companies.Pierre NantermeChairman & CEO3This year, we see a marked uptick in digital. The AccentureTechnology Vision 2014 lays out bold trends that arebecoming characteristic of larger enterprises, which havebeen perceived by some as lagging in converting to digitalbusinesses. While social, mobile, analytics, and cloud stilldrive these trends, the focus now is on new ways thatthese technologies are being woven into the nextFor our clients and for any organization, the AccentureTechnology Vision 2014 points toward an exciting timeof new opportunities driven by the power of technology.We hope that you find the Accenture Technology Visioninsightful as you continue on the journey to become adigital business.Paul DaughertyChief Technology Officergeneration of business strategies across every industry.ACCENTURE TECHNOLOGY VISION 2014
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