IT in 2020: Internet of things, digital business enthusiasm abounds
Will the digitization of business change everything? Gartner's pitch includes $1.9 trillion of economic value add, a crisis of IT leadership (again) and colliding industries.
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IT in 2020: Internet of things, digital business enthusiasm abounds
Will the digitization of business change everything? Here's Gartner's pitch for 2020, which includes $1.9 trillion of economic value add from the Internet of things, a crisis of IT leadership (again) and colliding industries.
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