We have all heard the continued news drum beat on hacking. Anthem, Sony, Target, Home Depot, Experian, various government and military branches have all been hacked and received their fair share of negative press. People were harmed, leaders were fired, brands were damaged and no one was really surprised.

The down side of the Next Gen Internet for some will be an increase in the speed and intensity of competition. Businesses will fail faster and more often over the next decade. All companies will cluster into one of four sets. Despite that there's a case for eco-optimsim.

At the end of 2015 some CEOs are going to be happy about their results. Others not so much. Underlying both the good and the bad will be a clear bifurcation between those that get and execute modern IT and those that don’t. Full transparency that’s an example of foresight and predictions from 6 years ago that almost all were fully realized.

PART 1 — Interview with Kathleen Goolsby, managing editor of SandHill.com

Modern IT in the enterprise has fundamentally shifted. The difference between those that use the new tools, methods, models, etc. and those that don’t is significant, is expanding and matters in terms of business results.

PART 2 — Interview with Kathleen Goolsby, managing editor of SandHill.com