Ecosystem Power Plays

Published 2017-01

Companies are increasingly integrating their core business functionalities with third parties and their platforms.

Verdict

renamedThe same phenomenon is listed again within two editions under a new name (D33).

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

rank: 2
subject: Business ecosystems and platforms
horizon: next three years
note: Printed subtitle: 'Beyond Platforms'. Edition-level horizon: the foreword calls the report 'our annual prediction of the technology trends that will shape the future of companies in the next three years.'
confidence: high