Businesses are less high tech than they think they are

Here’s an interesting prospect: the majority of companies that consider themselves high-tech have not invested nearly enough to become digital businesses. That is according to a report just released by Accenture, a global professional services and consulting company. Titled Accelerating Digital Performance in High-Tech, it says that just nine percent, out of 55 companies surveyed, are "digital high performers". The companies that were surveyed do a wide variety of businesses, from smartphone manufacturing, to telecoms equipment, software, and a "range of other high-tech products and services". What’s more, almost half (40 percent) say they haven’t even tried building their digital… [Continue Reading]