Here we go! What's coming down the pike for information technology in 2017 and beyond? As part of our Tech Forecast 2017 survey of 196 senior technology professionals, we asked respondents to name their "boldest, most out-on-a-limb prediction for IT in the next five years." Read on for a selection of their responses (hint: bots, self-driving cars and 25-petabyte SSDs are all in the mix). And don't miss our free download: Complete results of the Tech Forecast survey.

Can we draw the following conclusion?
Bots are predicted to be in the future.
Yes