India, Sept. 19 -- Digital transformation has reached a stage that really ought to be included in Gartner's Hype Cycle methodology. I'll call it the "Oops, we aren't ready" stage.

We see it with all types of technology concepts and product introductions, from the entrance of the PC into the enterprise to the adoption of Windows 10, and the interest in AI and machine learning. Even rolling out a new version of Windows was easily a four-year project, one year for testing and then replacing one third of a company's devices with "new-Windows" devices each year for three years. Yet, six months after the new OS release industry talking heads would moan about how few users it had. These things take time.

Over the past couple of months, I've se...