Emerging digital technologies are a primary driver of business evolution and disruption. Firms are grappling with an accelerating pace of business change while also trying to make IT simpler and more cost effective. Amid these forces, savvy enterprise architects, IT strategists, and business technology leaders are constantly peering into the future to recognize the next big technology thing in time to make good investment decisions. This report identifies the top 15 emerging technologies you need to start watching now, as they will have big impacts by 2018. Use it to maintain a technology watchlist and identify hot opportunities for investment.