Bill Koff, vice president of services company CSC's Leading Edge Forum, told ZDNet Australia that he estimated about 90 percent of CIOs were concerned about cost, and weren't spending too much time worrying about future technology.
The Leading Edge Forum, where Koff works, looks at technology trends and issues, assessing the impact they will have in the future.
Its "On the Edge: Exploring Next-Generation Digital Disruptions" report highlighted areas such as intelligent systems and robotics as areas of future growth.
"To ride the waveâ€"rather than be crushed by itâ€"companies must re-examine their vision, competitive landscape and strategies," Koff said. "The true leaders will weigh the trends individually and collectively, and move quickly to adapt on all fronts. Those who wait and see will be left behind".
Koff believes that worldwide, most CTOs and technology strategists who worked for enterprises were working reactively about the systems that they were embarking on, rather than factoring emerging technologies into their plans going forward.
However, as well as recognising new technologies, organisations also needed to apply them, according to the report.
Barriers to adoption the report highlighted included: lack of awareness; too little or too much analysis; not considering overall returns; technology complacency; as well as ethnical, legal and social restraints.
"Organisations often are unable to make a connection between a new technology and how it can be leveraged in the organisation," the report states. "Conversely, over-analysis can also stop them, as when organiations fail to act because of expected technology improvements or price cuts".
When enterprises didn't consider overall returns, there was the possibility of making common mistakes regarding new technologies, it argued. This was seen to be because the organisation was basing its analysis solely on the purchase price, disregarding savings that could result from increased efficiencies or lower operating costs.
"Staying on the leading edge calls for organisations to have a technology adoption plan that surmounts these barriers and delivers results," the authors propose. "The difference between success and failure lies in the organisation's ability to recognise new technologies for their business potential, invent creative solutions and implement them".
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