By: Tracy Mayor
What’s coming down the pike for information technology in 2017 and beyond?
As part of our Tech Forecast 2017 survey of 196 senior technology professionals, we asked respondents to name their “boldest, most out-on-a-limb prediction for IT in the next five years.”
Read on for a selection of their responses (hint: bots, self-driving cars and 25-petabyte SSDs are all in the mix).
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GM to be the first to deploy self-driving cars on Michigan roads
Alphabet’s self-driving car may keep the steering wheel after all
Intel to invest $250M in self-driving cars
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3D printer owners rate the best 14 machines
Harvard’s 3D-printed heart on a chip could lead to personalized medicine breakthroughs
Researchers demo 3D-printed, shape-shifting objects
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Why would anyone invest in a VDI startup? Maybe because enterprise IT is so bad
Ubuntu Mate, Windows 10 and macOS Sierra: A marriage of 3 OSs
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SSD adoption in laptops exceeds expectations
Mingis on Tech: From superfast SSDs to Bluetooth locks and solar shingles
Samsung’s massive 15TB SSD can be yours — for about $10K
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Is your IT staff ready for IoT?
DDoS attack shows dangers of IoT ‘running rampant’
Internet of things: Early adopters share 4 key takeaways
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Is your service center too dependent on technology?
University of California hires India-based IT outsourcer, lays off tech workers
IT service desk suites: The features users love and hate
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Tech Forecast 2017: IT sharpens its focus
Ready for action: 6 big ideas in digital transformation
Global IT challenges: Privacy, standardization, transformation top the list
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Is 2016 the year of the software-defined data center?
SDN pioneers gain visibility, control over bandwidth
Encryption is the foundation of the new data center
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The CIO is becoming the HVAC guy
The latest in IT services? CIO hired guns
Why few want to be the CIO anymore
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Biometrics is the new cool — LogMeOnce goes password free
How it works: Iris scanning improves smartphone security
Ta-ta to passwords and PINs; faces and fingerprints to rule the future
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IT workers to management: NOW can we telecommute?
Video pays off in the enterprise
Surefire ways to enhance meetings for remote teams