Most CIOs are facing the challenge of how to use a wave of new
technologies in the enterprise.
But many have limited knowledge when it comes to things like web
2.0 and social networking, says technology researcher Kelly
Dempski.
He is research director at Accenture's European technology lab
in Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Computer Weekly's Warwick Ashford visited the lab and asked
Dempski what technologies are likely to be important to CIOs in the
next five years.
According to Dempski, the awareness of CIOs needs to include the
new generation of people in the workplace.
Accenture's latest report on the ‘Millennials’ or
‘Generation-Y’ says the way they use technology is the biggest
difference when compared with older colleagues.
They have grown up with multi-tasking enabled by a rapid
evolution of consumer electronics and are now bringing those
expectations to the workplace, the report said.
A survey of over 400 US graduates found an increasing demand for
high-tech devices to connect with colleagues, peers, friends and
family.
One third of 18 to 22 year olds said they expect to use the
computer of their choice and 34% expect to access their preferred
applications.
The research identified a mismatch between the enterprise
technology organisations provide and how young workers actually
want to use technology to collaborate.
As Millennials begin to exert more influence in the workplace,
IT leadership teams will have to find a way to adapt their policies
and procedures to accommodate these demands without putting the
enterprise at risk, the report said.