Facing the four new horsemen of IT landscape

SO SOON after battling disruptions caused by the pandemic, technology leaders must roll up their sleeves once again to address four major trends that will determine if their organisations are future-ready. Except that the future has arrived earlier than expected.

‘Four Horsemen’ are emerging on the horizon of the IT landscape as a combined once-in-decades wave. Amid increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks and the need to squeeze more productivity despite tighter IT budgets, corporations must also prepare for the imminent adoption of generative AI and quantum computing.

Until recently the main IT challenges of corporations revolved around mobility, cloud computing and the catch-all phrase of “digital transformation”. But now, chief information officers (CIOs) must deal with all four fresh challenges simultaneously to avoid losing competitiveness or, worse, the risk of major IT breaches.