By Minda Zetlin
Too often, CIOs spend time and resources worrying about how to implement the latest and greatest technology – from blockchain to AI – into their business processes. That’s the wrong approach, 
says Charles Araujo, principal analyst with Intellyx and author of The Quantum Age of IT: Why Everything You Know About IT Is About to Change.
In an interview with The Enterprisers Project, he explains why IT leaders today need to put even more time and effort into learning about business challenges. He also explores the flip side of “every company is a software company.”
The Enterprisers Project (TEP): Which technologies should CIOs be looking to adopt right now? Which can be safely ignored for the moment?
Araujo: At this point CIOs shouldn’t be “looking at” technologies at all. The fundamental orientation of every IT executive needs to be centered around the business strategy, how to avoid being disrupted, and most importantly, how to create innovation and become the disruptor.
None of that happens by focusing on technology: It happens by focusing on the business challenges and opportunities. Because of that, the answer to which technologies are important is different for every company because it must be driven by those business challenges and opportunities.
Read the entire article at https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2017/9/hard-truth-about-hot-technologies
