Bob Violino

Organizations using these technologies to drive innovation are seeing benefits in terms of revenue, profit and overall leadership in their respective industries and segments, says IDC's David Schubmehl.

Digital transformation efforts are going well beyond the domain of IT to involve the entire organization, elevating digital strategy to the top of the board of director agenda.

Digitally mature organizations have higher revenue growth and net profits, according to a report by business and technology consultancy West Monroe Partners.

The rise in mobile computing has also led to an increase in mobile data analytics, as organizations look to gain more business insights at the edge of the enterprise network.

A high percentage of organizations identify enabling technologies as critical for driving business strategy for the remainder of 2018.

One of the most important aspects of data management is ensuring data quality. Without this, capabilities such as machine learning and advanced analytics might yield faulty results.

CompTIA Emerging Technology Community aims to find ways to create business opportunities and transform operations.

The CompTIA Emerging Technology Community includes industry executives and thought leaders who have insight into how to create business opportunities and transform operations, says liason.

Rising demand for business process automation through the use of artificial intelligence and software robots are expected to be a key trend for market growth.

Cloud adoption is growing for virtualized workloads, with a majority of organizations running or planning to run virtual machines in the cloud this year.