CAROUSEL AOTS — Digital transformation is rattling every business. Certain advanced and emerging technologies are shaping up to be critical on this journey. But how do organizations define success?

At this year’s Always On Technology Symposium (AOTS) Thursday in Boston, organized by NWN Carousel, IT pros and partners took a shot at it.

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Jason Viera, chief technology officer at Carousel, set the stage for the conference theme “Success” and how businesses think about success in three technology areas that are making companies successful today: artificial intelligence (AI), security and cloud.

Why these three technologies? Because they’re key technologies shaping digital transformation.

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“Companies can’t turn a blind eye to these technologies,” Viera said. “If you don’t like change, you’ll like irrelevancy even less.” Viera said.