In petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, not very likely. In securities trading, car dealerships, travel agents, distribution and bookselling, it's happening now. Look only at the window of vulnerability for an industry and company. Of course, there are many areas in which IT has to place bets now on specific technologies and vendors. They suffer from the linear fallacy that the future is a straight line or a steep curve from the past, that business dynamics are deterministic and hence can be extrapolated.
Smart companies make smart bets.
They substitute alertness for predictions. Smart IT organizations design their architectures to hedge the unpredictability of technology through their choice of standards and vendors and by building in scalability and the capability of integration. Sharp executives keep very good company in terms of the vendors they work with, the books and publications they read and the people to whom they listen. They are always testing and challenging their own assumptions. The more uncertain and unpredictable IT is in terms of technology, competition, applications and customer response, the greater the opportunity for competitive advantage.