Loci Solutions Group Pty Blog Creating your technology roadmap for the year ahead

Making the right decisions when it comes to rolling out an IT strategy is essential, which is where data points tracking and analysis can come in useful.It is also important to take into consideration what other people in the sector are doing, as this can help determine whether the right steps are being taken towards a sound strategy, or if anything else needs to be done.Putting these ideas into reality might not be as easy as it sounds, which is where the Emerging Technology Roadmap from the Corporate Executive Board can really come into its own.The diagram presents 85 technology initiatives and takes into account feedback from 325 IT professionals across 184 organisations - their value and risk is weighed up, as well as when their level of adoption is likely to reach 50 per cent.Each technology is divided into one of six categories: data centre facilities, storage, end-user computing, network, servers and hosting and security, reports Realcomm.Analysis of the roadmap carried out by the site suggested that unified communication and social enterprise applications all reached their critical mass last year, meaning they are currently rated with medium to high value, as well as minimal risk.Many businesses, which may include those with an interest in real estate IT, have demonstrated high demand for collaboration at a time when workforces are becoming more virtual and distributed.Cloud services, on the other hand, were identified as high-risk technologies - public cloud email will move into next year with a medium-risk rating, while DR and DB public services remain high risk.Mobility technologies are deemed less risky, with the likes of mobile video and bring your own device trends reaching their critical mass last year.Loci Solutions can help your organisation move forward with its own technology roadmap for the future - get in touch to find out how.