faire face au devenir

[cigogne]

Hi,what does "les systèms informatiques sont capable de faire face au devenir" mean ? Does it mean they can make advance?Thank you!

 

[cropje_jnr]

Les systèmes informatiques sont capables de faire face au devenir.

I propose: Computer systems are capable of confronting/dealing with the future.

Of course the actual meaning is slightly different to avenir or futur, but I can't think of an English word that conveys the same sense of progression of technology as I detect here.

 

[Staarkali]

les systèms informatiques sont capable de faire face au devenir is incomplete
=> les systèms informatiques sont capable de faire face au devenir de quoi?
=>le devenir de quelque chose, the future of something
possibly the evolving or the change (the evolution sounds a bit too Darwinist, doesn't it )

You might end the sentence after devenir, but you have to replace au devenir by à l'avenir without much changing the meaning.

 

[catay]

=>le devenir de quelque chose, the future of something
possibly the evolving or the change (the evolution sounds a bit too Darwinist, doesn't it )

Perhaps, "...are capable of incorporating future developments."

 

[le chat noir]

I confirm this sentence sounds either incomplete or poorly written. As staarkali said, "devenir" cannot be used alone.