IDG Contributor Network: Board with technology

The boards of directors are getting much more involved with the organization’s technology decisions. This is being driven by the dependence organizations have on technology, as well as the technologies that will emerge over the next few years that hold great promise, and at the same time pose a substantial threat.

Today, boards of directors have grown increasingly nervous about the organization’s dependence on technology and the pace of technology driven change. Many organizations are struggling to keep up with the current pace of change, much less the increased level of change that is projected as we approach 2020. In the last few years, the board’s uneasiness has increased given reports of the forecasted impact technologies that will emerge over the next three to five years will have on their industry, competition and ultimately their organization.

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