Gartner: Businesses That Look Ahead Will Stay Ahead

Making Essential Contributions

Gartner's Prentice concluded that business leaders need to position themselves as informed and objective innovators who can comprehend the disruptive role technology will play in business over the next 10 to 20 years.

Furthermore, business leaders and channel organizations should be able to make an essential contribution to long-term planning within their organization.

"CEOs' emphasis on long-range planning means that only CIOs who look ahead will stay ahead," said Prentice in the release.