Deloitte Emerging Technologies

Tech Trend #8: Digital Identities

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:21:52 +0530

The digital expression of identity grows increasingly complex every day. Not long ago, an employee’s entire digital presence belonged almost exclusively to the employer, a practice that culminated in the mainframe ID. As enterprise technology expanded to include new tools and platforms, the number of digital identities grew. Today, many workers must manage a dozen or more user names and passwords across different roles on different systems to do their jobs.

Outside their workplaces, users established personal credentials on banking portals, consumer products sites, loyalty and reward programs, e-commerce retailers, local government services, home insurance policies and even remote access to cable TV. Along the way, these personal digital identities have continued to blend into the digital enterprise.

Organizations see the power in providing this identity - a logical, single, overall digital identity with a unified view, brokered across several different systems and security profiles. Today, industry groups and government bodies are pushing broader efforts that may become the backbone of a more substantial digital identity.

Does this trend lead to a universal digital identity, seamlessly crossing between professional, private and social lives? Enterprises today have a mandate to more seamlessly manage and enable digital identities for the personas of their employees, customers and partners, within and across enterprises; all of which lays the groundwork for shaping and creating a truly universal digital identity.

What can this trend mean for you and your business? Read more in Tech Trends 2012: Elevate IT for digital business.

Emerging technologies: Digital disruption

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:20:38 +0530

Digital integration has gone from nicety to necessity. Organizations have unprecedented opportunity to engage customers, empower employees, drive business and build brand awareness across billions of devices. Business as usual has been disrupted - don’t get left behind.

Deloitte Digital debuts to help clients provoke and harvest the value of digital disruption

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:16:00 +0530

Back in January, we announced the acquisition of Übermind, a mobile-focused digital agency. Since then, we’ve been working on a bigger initiative that has evolved into Deloitte Digital.

This week, we’re excited to introduce you to Deloitte Digital - a global service line focused on helping clients harness digital technologies to transform their business. Deloitte Digital’s offerings include strategy, mobile, social, web, digital content and digital ERP. In addition to studios across the U.S., Deloitte Digital will also have a presence in Australia and the U.K.

"The launch of Deloitte Digital combines the strengths of a creative agency, a leading IT consultancy and an industry-centric business strategy provider in one company and allows Deloitte to help clients unleash the business value of these emerging technologies," said John Kerr, managing director, global consulting, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.

Learn more about Deloitte Digital by checking out our slick new responsive website: http://deloittedigital.com.

Tech Trend #7: Geospatial visualization

Wed, 9 May 2012 21:02:58 +0530

The human brain is naturally wired to process visual images by recognizing patterns, inferring relationships and discerning features. Analytic visualization connects these perceptual and cognitive strengths with modern statistical computing capabilities and can enable decision makers to pull significant results quickly out of tremendous volumes of complex and diverse data.

Geospatial visualization marries the broad insights available through visualization with specific types of analysis that can be performed on location-related data. Geospatial visualization can enable the human mind to process and detect patterns hidden among huge volumes of information. Its power comes from exploring both quantitative and qualitative spatial relationships within large data sets of structured and unstructured content represented geographically.

Organizations that combine the explosion of location-aware data with the power of geospatial analysis and wide accessibility of geospatial visualization can provide game-changing support for business decision making at levels never considered before.

What can this trend mean for you and your business? Read more in "Tech Trends 2012: Elevate IT for digital business."

Should big data drive big decisions?

Wed, 9 May 2012 21:01:55 +0530

This year, many companies are taking on big data - ramping up tools and technologies to find signals and insight in unstructured, often external, and generally messy data.

Big data analytics can open a window into an intricate world of customers, employees and operations that hasn’t been easily accessible before. While leaders can gain fresh insights that are immediate and real, should they use big data to drive far-reaching business decisions? Join the debate today.

Unlock the potential in your data

Wed, 9 May 2012 21:00:54 +0530

Business analytics uses data to drive business strategy and performance. It includes a range of capabilities - from looking backward to evaluate what happened in the past, to forward-looking approaches like scenario planning and predictive modeling. Explore our latest resources to learn how analytics can deliver uncommon insights and breakout value.

Tech Trend #6: Big data goes to work

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:59:02 +0530

Just as businesses start to appreciate information as a strategic asset, they are overwhelmed with big data - from growing volumes and increasing complexity to the proliferation of unstructured data sources and a surge in external data streams. Big data is an evolution of long-standing information disciplines. It expands the range of data sources, the amount of data that can be processed and the speed with which answers can be derived.

The explosion of big data was likely inevitable. What once was the stuff of science fiction has become an everyday occurrence. Exabytes. Zettabytes. Yottabytes. Sensors, asset intelligence, mobile devices and constant streams of unstructured communications have created digital exhaust that can capture who we are and how we live, work and play. Powerful new insights can be gleaned, with the most value realized by those who learn to detect signals from the noise, derive meaning from the signals and turn meaning into action. A small percentage of external unstructured data may drive huge insights. The trick is figuring out where to focus.

What can this trend mean for you and your business? Read more in "Tech Trends 2012: Elevate IT for digital business."

CIO Journal featuring insights from Deloitte

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:25:35 +0530

Published by the Wall Street Journal, CIO Journal offers a premium news and information service for chief information officers and senior business executives interested in technology. Every weekday, CIO Journal will provide coverage of real-time news, and Deloitte will contribute insights to ongoing topics that are highly relevant for senior business technology executives.

CIO Journal is available via subscription online and is designed for access via most smartphone devices. Subscribers will receive full access to WSJ.com and a daily morning newsletter providing the most up-to-date and relevant information and analysis.

Deloitte LLP has entered into an exclusive arrangement to sponsor a regular stream of CIO-centric content and timely features, including research, topical digests, perspectives and insights and technical analyses available to CIO Journal subscribers. CIOs are challenged by ever-increasing demands as their role expands and as technology evolves. Deloitte’s content is designed to help CIOs manage the complexities of their roles, drive more value in their organizations and adapt to strategic shifts in the market.

To learn more about the CIO Journal online publication from The Wall Street Journal, contact CIOJeditor@deloitte.com.

Technology Fast 500 call for nomination

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 21:07:04 +0530

Submit your nomination for Deloitte's 2012 Technology Fast 500, a list of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in the U.S. and Canada.

Deadline to submit: June 29, 2012.

When it comes to enterprise mobility, can ‘slow and steady’ win the race?

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 21:05:43 +0530

In many organizations, mobile initiatives are popping up in almost every business unit, department and region. Some are pushing existing solutions and processes from the Web and desktop to mobile devices. Others are reimagining their business without location constraints. Both have the potential to improve efficiencies and effectiveness, but which is likely to have the more significant payback? Read the debate and cast your vote.

The mobile revolution: Enterprise mobility unleashed

Sat, 7 Apr 2012 21:02:55 +0530

As mobile technology adoption explodes within enterprises, it presents tremendous opportunities to improve customer, employee and partner interaction. But how are companies addressing the responsibilities that come with these opportunities? Our upcoming webcast will discuss:

How enterprises today are adopting mobile technologies for business advantage
Common challenges of implementing mobile technologies, including securing, integrating, managing and supporting the full lifecycle of mobile assets, and strategies to overcome them
Emerging trends for mobile enterprise solutions

Learn about approaches organizations are using to leverage the power of mobility today and benefits that can be achieved. Register today for the 4/5 Dbriefs webcast.

Tech Trend #3: Enterprise mobility unleashed

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:13:09 +0530

Chances are, virtually every leader in your organization is eyeing a mobile application that could change the way they do business. Whether you are looking to do what you've always done differently by putting a mobile veneer on existing apps, or looking to do different things and innovate your business, mobility can deliver productivity - very quickly in some cases. But in the rush to take advantage of these new opportunities and pursue near-term goals, organizations may later realize they overlooked fundamental strategic issues in implementing mobile solutions, effectively locking themselves out of the full value they could have gained from their mobility investments. As a result, their approach may become obsolete in a relatively short amount of time. Even worse, it may under-deliver intended benefits.

It doesn’t have to be this way. When it comes time to design, develop and implement your enterprise mobility strategy, we can help. And we also know how to connect the dots between your mobility strategy and business strategy. That’s an approach that can make the difference when you have a lot on the line, but not a lot of time.

What can this trend mean for you and your business? Read more in "Tech Trends 2012: Elevate IT for digital business."

Deloitte leverages eCommerce knowledge to improve website management on Adobe.com

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:50:06 +0530

Deloitte has implemented a new eCommerce solution at Adobe Systems Incorporated designed to enhance the management and customer experience of Adobe.com with significant and effective business results.

Tech Trend #4: User empowerment

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:48:11 +0530

User empowerment is the latest incarnation of the effect of consumerization on enterprise IT. In their personal lives, business users are enjoying a technology renaissance that continues to deliver simple, elegant and often innovative technology products. And they come to work expecting the same experience. Now that the bar has been reset, users are unlikely to accept a stark drop-off in experience from their personal to professional lives.

CIOs can use this movement to their advantage, although it may require some uncomfortable change. But embracing user empowerment does not require a wholesale scuttling of corporate IT. If done well, it should be a framing force that permeates the entire IT delivery model, positively redefining the brand of IT in the business. With the rapid pace of technology change today, it’s more important than ever for CIOs to guide the business through the inevitable disruption of technology innovations, and to be seen as co-conspirators by their empowered users, enabling - and accelerating - the upward journey.

What can this trend mean for you and your business? Read more in Tech Trends 2012: Elevate IT for digital business.

Tech Trends 2012: Video segments now available

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:48:04 +0530

The wait is over. Tech Trends 2012 - Elevate IT for digital business is now available in video format. Each of the ten chapters is summarized in a three-minute video so you can hit the highlights quickly. Links to the authors and more information are also offered if you'd like to learn more.
Access the videos on Deloitte.com or download the free Deloitte On Technology app for your iPad, Kindle Fire or Android device.
Each of these 2012 trends is relevant today. Each has significant momentum and potential to make an impact. Each warrants timely consideration. Forward-thinking organizations should consider developing an explicit strategy in each area - even if that strategy is to wait and see. But whatever you do, step up. Use the digital forces to your advantage. Don't get caught unaware or unprepared.

Health plans look to the clouds

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:46:58 +0530

In the health information technology arena, cloud computing is a game changer. Health plans could benefit from the advantages that cloud computing provides.

What's next for the Internet, technology and the enterprise?

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:29:46 +0530

Tune into this week’s Deloitte Insights video podcast to hear Suketu Gandhi and Stephen Redwood, both principals in Deloitte Consulting LLP, discuss what’s next for the Internet, technology and the enterprise. What is the postdigital age? What is a postdigital enterprise? How is the intersection of mobility, social business, cloud computing, analytics and cyber transforming organizations?

Watch this video podcast to hear these answers and more, and to gain insight into how a company can embed postdigital thinking into their organization.

Measured innovation: The culture, disciplines and mechanics for institutionalizing innovation

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:46:42 +0530

Dbriefs Webcast - March 1, 2 p.m. EST

With the rapid pace of change in technology, it is more important than ever for CIOs to effectively manage innovation within their enterprise. But with current heavy demands on the IT function, how can CIOs get in front of emerging trends and guide potentially disruptive technology innovations? We’ll discuss:

How to distinguish technology innovations from technology distractions
The importance of culture, discipline and supporting mechanics in the management of innovation
Staying ahead of the innovation curve and purposefully driving new technology investments across your enterprise

Discover new insights on how to effectively manage innovation for competitive advantage.

The CIO’s role in business innovation: Sustain or disrupt?

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:42:26 +0530

We’re at an unusual time in industry: five major forces affecting businesses are all technology-based. These forces - mobility, analytics, social, cloud computing and cyber intelligence - are being combined in new ways, opening the door for sustaining innovations that can improve productivity and drive down costs. These forces can also be used to disrupt "business as usual" to create totally new ways of generating value.

What’s next? Perspectives of health technology officers

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:41:24 +0530

Deloitte interviewed health system chief information officers (CIOs), chief medical information officers (CMIOs) and other informatics leaders from hospitals and health systems on their activities and attitudes about IT and data management. Findings indicate they are cautiously optimistic about successful implementation of their IT strategies; however, questions and concerns remain.

Engaging health care consumers through information technologies

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:40:12 +0530

Effective use of information technologies represents both an unmet need and an opportunity for the health care system to better engage consumers. This Issue Brief shares findings from Deloitte’s 2011 Survey of Health Care Consumers, examining consumer interest in and use of health care IT.

Tech Trend no. 5: Hyper-hybrid Cloud

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:05:24 +0530

The hype curve for cloud computing is at an all-time high, for pretty good reasons. The convergence of Internet technologies, virtualization and large-scale data centers has created a powerful new way to deliver services, with many companies already putting clouds to work. Cloud computing can help increase agility, decrease costs and improve service delivery capabilities - and it can happen fast.

Today, hyper-hybrid clouds are an advanced form of cloud services in the early stages of adoption, but the approach is rapidly becoming the norm for cloud services architecture. A hybrid cloud is a cloud that works across different environments where you have services from vendor clouds working directly with clouds inside of an organization, thus forming a hybrid cloud. Hyper-hybrid clouds are the multiplication of numerous hybrid clouds working together to serve an organization.

Whether you’re just getting started with your cloud strategy, or looking for smart ways to expand current initiatives, we can help in your efforts. Our strong independence philosophy means you’ll get objective advice and implementation-related services driven by your needs instead of our sales targets. And because we work on the front lines virtually every day with a tremendous range of cloud service providers, we have current knowledge to help you evaluate competing technologies and find a fit. In addition, we have access to virtually unmatched global capabilities across technology and business consulting, financial advisory services, tax and risk management - which allows us to provide an integrated approach to more effectively help you in your efforts to implement a cloud solution to address your important business challenges - not just the next new thing in technology.

What can this trend mean for you and your business? Read more in "Tech Trends 2012: Elevate IT for digital business."

Deloitte On Technology blog

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:59:16 +0530

Every day, our technology leaders help some of the world’s biggest companies understand the "art of the possible" when it comes to leveraging technology to address tomorrow’s business needs today. We want to share their experiences, their vision, in their own voice, with you.

Enter the Deloitte On Technology blog. Get direct line of sight into what’s moving and shaking in technology and learn what business and technology challenges others are facing - and more importantly, the potential solutions to overcome these challenges.

Recent posts:

The user in the digital enterprise: User empowerment
Tech Trends 2012: Elevate IT for digital business
Idle chatter no more: Capturing the business value of social media in the user experience
Stuff we (well, the Deputy CTO Bill Briggs) think is interesting: Crowdsourcing
Lessons from the CTO frontlines: Technology trends to watch

Emerging technologies: Explore our latest resources

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:33:43 +0530

The convergence of digital forces such as analytics, mobility, social and cloud is transforming business, offering a new set of tools and opening the door to a new set of rules for operations, performance and competition. This is an opportunity for information technology (IT) to truly help elevate business performance. What opportunities can new technologies - and their intersections - unlock for your enterprise?

Deloitte announces salesforce.com global alliance

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:17:16 +0530

Deloitte is entering into a global alliance with salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, to provide multinational and international companies with the software, mobile and open cloud computing technologies for the social enterprise.

Smarter phones, smarter shoppers and strategies for a new consumer perspective

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:15:55 +0530

Never in the history of commerce has it been possible to acquire as much data or participate so extensively in the process of connecting with consumers. Consumer product companies that systematically fine-tune these connections as well as their marketing strategies can be well positioned with regard to creating mobile-enabled paths in sync with evolving consumer needs.

At the court of King Henry: A conversation with Henry Chesbrough

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:15:15 +0530

This Deloitte Review article discusses all things Open Innovation and the challenges of sustaining the Open Business.

The mobile elite: Meeting the growth challenge in the 4G era

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:14:03 +0530

Mobility is everywhere. But with this growing ubiquity comes a set of unique challenges for companies riding the wireless wave of opportunity. Throw the impending arrival of the broadband 4G era into the mix and uncertainty levels are set to spike as the scramble for competitive advantage reaches fever pitch.

Tech Trends 2012

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:16:44 +0530

Available now. Deloitte’s annual Technology Trends report examines technology put to practical business use. This year’s theme, "Elevate IT for digital business," examines the broad impacts of five technology forces that have influenced our reports over the past several years - analytics, mobility, social, cloud and cyber security. Our 2012 trends are grouped into two categories:

Disruptors are technologies that can create sustainable positive disruption in IT capabilities, business operations and sometimes even business models.
Enablers are technologies in which many CIOs have already invested time and effort, but which warrant another look this year because of new developments. Enablers may be more evolutionary than revolutionary, but the potential is there to elevate the business game with technology.

It’s an uncommon, and perhaps even unique, time to have so many emerging forces - all rapidly evolving, technology-centric and each already impacting business so strongly. Whether or not you have previously thought of your business as inherently digital, the convergence of these forces offers a new set of tools, opening the door to a new set of rules for operations, performance and competition. This is an opportunity for IT to truly help elevate business performance. Each of these 2012 trends is relevant today. Each has significant momentum and potential to make an impact. Each warrants timely consideration. Forward-thinking organizations should consider developing an explicit strategy in each area - even if that strategy is to wait and see. But whatever you do, step up. Use the digital forces to your advantage. Don’t get caught unaware or unprepared.

Deconstruct your data

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:15:50 +0530

Explore our latest resources to learn how business analytics can deliver uncommon insights and breakout value.

When crafting corporate strategy, should social business be bolted on or baked in?

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 15:14:33 +0530

Many companies recognize that social business offers new tools and rules for competing in the marketplace. But should social strategy be integrated into the overall corporate strategy? Or should it stand alone?

Social business: Putting social media, networks and software to work

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:08:50 +0530

Going beyond the buzz of social media and social networks, social business is a practice that can enable more efficient, effective and net-new connections inside and outside an organization to help drive business performance. How can organizations embrace social business for competitive advantage? We’ll discuss:

What social business is and some of its business risks and benefits
The emergence of social business tools and analytical methods that help businesses find new ways to engage and interact with customers
How social business supports enterprise collaboration and development

Learn ways that you can leverage social technologies, platforms and strategies to drive business decisions, actions and outcomes.

The next evolution: Store 3.0

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:07:30 +0530

With increased demand for technology dollars across the organization, retailers will need to carefully prioritize investments for in-store and customer-facing technologies that will support their overall strategy and vision.

Deloitte acquires Übermind; Establishes lead in the mobile revolution

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 19:30:00 +0530

We are excited to announce that Deloitte has recently acquired Übermind, a leading agency in the mobile and digital space. Übermind will join the Deloitte Consulting LLP Technology practice, and will bring its insights in mobile application development, strategy, creative and Web to Deloitte.