CIOs and IT managers have to understand the direction of IT in order to help their businesses to get ongoing value from IT. The arising key questions are: What are the trends in the IT industry? What are the disruptive technologies? What are the new service delivery models build upon? What is the IT challenge coming? This keynote highlights selected key technologies and services, which will be the future basis for IT solutions. They will impact significantly how IT is built, used and managed.