Identify the best technology investments and implement them rapidly Future State 2025: How Top Technology Executives Disrupt and Drive Success in the Digital Economy gives CIOs an essential playbook for learning how to implement and sustain innovation and invention. Drawing on the experiences of many of the world’s leading CIOs, the book reveals the strategies and techniques they used to put in place the newest techniques and technologies. Since the rise of the digital economy, the role of the CIO has expanded the responsibilities of the IT team function. The new norm is continuous innovation; CIOs must deliver or perish. This book offers a guide for selecting and implementing the right technology that is so essential for success in the hyper-competitive marketplace.  This vital resource offers a guide to tech investments including: Artificial Intelligence and advanced cyber security - Robotics and advanced networks including Mesh, Edge and Hybrid Cloud - Virtual Reality and smart cities - Autonomous transportation, logistics and rapid prototyping, and digital twin Future State 2025: How Top Technology Executives Disrupt and Drive Success in the Digital Economy is written to help identify the best technology investments and move forward with rapid implementations of new tech and stay ahead of the competition. Remarkable leaps in technology innovation and the rise of the digital economy have greatly expanded the role and responsibilities of Chief Information Officers, Chief Information Security Officers, and senior IT management. Choosing and investing in the right technology is critical in increasingly competitive markets—modern digital enterprise must constantly reimagine and reinvent to survive and thrive. Future State 2025: How Top Technology Executives Disrupt and Drive Success in the Digital Economy is designed to help CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, CFOs, and other leaders create and implement robust digital strategies for guiding their organizations through the current age of radical change and transformation. A real-world roadmap to sustained success in the ever-changing modern business environment, this indispensable guide helps you stay ahead of the technology curve and make the choices that will prepare your organization for success, both today and into the future. This book is based directly on in-depth first-person interviews with technology leaders at some of the world's largest and most successful organizations, examining the innovation practices of Toyota North America, AmerisourceBergen, USAA, Palo Alto Networks, Conair Corporation, TD Ameritrade, Symantec, ADP, Nutanix, Merck, Xerox, SunTrust, and many others. This book discusses the critical imperatives that are redefining the role of technology executives in the modern enterprise—exploring practical strategies for reinventing the digital customer experience to deliver value at every touchpoint, creating an agile organizational culture focused on performance and innovation, optimizing security, delivering user-friendly technologies, building solid partnerships with vendors, and leveraging innovation for increased growth in core, parallel, adjacent, and new markets. Integrating expert insight and firsthand knowledge from the best technology minds of our generation, Future State 2025 is a uniquely valuable resource for top-level executives, board members, investors, innovators, and entrepreneurs. PRAISE FOR FUTURE STATE 2025 "As Hunter reminds us, now is unquestionably the best time to be a technology leader. Hunter's newest book highlights and explores our responsibilities and opportunities as pioneers guiding the next amazing cycle of innovation, invention, and transformational change on a global scale." Eric Yuan, Founder and CEO, Zoom "This book truly demonstrates the value of building a deep network of world-class technology leaders and practitioners. Hunter has assembled a stellar cast of industry experts and innovators, creating a book that is both highly readable and extremely useful." Daniel Dines, CEO and Founder, UiPath "Hunter Muller has been at the nexus of digital transformation's effect on enterprise IT for the past decade. From this vantage point, he offers a pitch-perfect analysis of our current state and potential future. A must-read for anyone charged with charting the course of IT for the new decade." Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO, Nutanix "Hunter is an amazing advocate and contributor to the advancement of CIOs. This book reflects on the latest technologies, trends, and leadership approaches that are putting CIOs at the center of organizational transformation. If you are someone who is driving change, this book is for you." Tony Leng, Practice Leader and Office Managing Partner, DiversifiedSearch "Thought-provoking and insightful! With this newest installment, Hunter provides a looking glass view into the future state of technology and its global impact. Every tech leader needs to be inclusive in thought leadershi