Companies understand that their ability to compete is tied directly to their ability to leverage the very latest technology advances. Fortunately deploying new technology has never been easier primarily due to early maturity and cloud delivery. One approach that is helping companies rapidly pilot and affordably deploy new technologies is ready technology a new category of information technology (IT). This book explains the ready technology adoption process in detail enabling companies to exploit new technology immediately and effectively. In this book the author challenges the traditional requirements-first/technology-second approach to technology deployment. Espousing a technology-first/requirements-second approach the author explains how business solutions are discovered by deploying not studying ready technology. The book covers the latest trends and processes in ready technology. It also describes the characteristics of ready companies and recommends ready technology pilots that should be launched by the following industries: higher education retail and healthcare. . Language: English