👋 As we gear up for 2024, let’s dive into the 🔝 trends that are set to shape the IT landscape according to Gartner’s Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends. 🌐✨
1️⃣ AI as Partner: AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (AI TRiSM)
* Supports AI model governance, trustworthiness, fairness, reliability, robustness, transparency and data protection
2️⃣ Be Safe: Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
* A pragmatic and systemic approach to continuously adjust cybersecurity optimization priorities
3️⃣ Protect the Future: Sustainable Technology
* A framework of digital solutions used to enable environmental, social and governance (ESG) outcomes that support long-term ecological balance and human rights
4️⃣ Developer-Driven Self-Service: Platform Engineering
* The discipline of building and operating self-service internal platforms — each platform is a layer, created and maintained by a dedicated product team, designed to support the needs of its users by interfacing with tools and processes
5️⃣ Accelerate Creation: AI-Augmented Development
* The use of AI technologies, such as generative AI and machine learning (ML), to aid software engineers in creating, testing and delivering applications
6️⃣ Tailor Your Tailor’s Work: Industry Cloud Platforms
* Address industry-relevant business outcomes by combining underlying SaaS, PaaS and IaaS services into a whole product offering with composable capabilities
7️⃣ Optimize Decision-Making: Intelligent Applications
* Consumer or business applications that are augmented with AI and various connected data from transactions and external sources
8️⃣ Power AND Responsibility: Democratized Generative AI
* The ability to create net new content (images, speech, text and more) and its widespread availability will democratize access to information and skills, making it one of the most disruptive trends of this decade
9️⃣ Push the Pioneers: Augmented Connected Workforce
* A strategy to optimize the value delivered by human staff by establishing a connective tissue that optimizes use of intelligent technology, workforce analytics and skill augmentation to accelerate and scale talent building
🔟 Buyers With Byte(s): Machine Customers
* Nonhuman economic actors that purchase goods and services in exchange for payment
🤔 Now, here’s the thing – these trends are undeniably cutting-edge, but let’s be real. We don’t have to ride every wave. The key is aligning with the reality of our sector and business goals. 💼✨
Which of these trends are you eyeing for your organization? Have you made your decision? 💡💬 Share your thoughts below! Let’s spark a conversation on navigating the tech landscape in 2024. 🚀 #TechTrends #2024Outlook #InnovationJourney
