There are signs of this happening already, Biltz said, with more and more Fortune 2000 companies launching intelligent, connected products around the Internet of Things. For example, Ralph Lauren launched a line of clothing specifically designed for movement and pulse and Home Depot is building partnerships so connected home products are compatible with its Wink system.

"It's these little things that are the signs that it's boiling up for what that next generation of technology is," Biltz said. "The interesting part of it is that it's not technology companies driving these things anymore."

The good news for solution providers, Biltz said, is that clients taking charge of their technology decisions doesn't count the solution provider out of the equation. In fact, Biltz predicted there would be even more of an opportunity going forward for solution providers.

While clients are taking more control over their destiny when it comes to technology, Biltz said they will still need solution providers to help them integrate the solutions within their company and with their peers. The solution providers might not be building the hardware solutions, he said, but they will be needed behind the scenes to build a bigger digital ecosystem. 

"I think the role that [Accenture and solution providers are] going to play is that we're going to help people connect all of these things into solutions," Biltz said. "As much as people like to talk about disruption and these new technologies...the reality is, regardless of who you partner with, you have to tie it together into something that will work and can scale."

That will be true for solution providers across the board, Biltz said, even those without the scale of a $30 billion systems integrator, such as Accenture. In fact, Biltz said it might even be easier for a small business to take advantage of the digital ecosystem opportunity because they can insert themselves as a piece of a much larger project than they could handle today.

"I think it's a really good place to be. It can be confusing, both for Accenture and our clients, to figure out where we want to go, but the reality is there is so much opportunity here. Yes, it's confusing. Yes, you're going to have to put a stake in the ground, but the opportunity has never been larger," Biltz said.