Gartner has identified 25 key emerging technologies to watch in its latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies study. Topping the 2022 list include Metaverse, NFTs, Causal AI, and Industry Cloud Platforms.
The research firm compiled this list by identifying key insights from the over 2,000 technologies and applied frameworks they profile each year. Gartner grouped his trends in emerging technologies based on his three themes: expanding immersive experiences, accelerating AI automation, and optimizing technician delivery.
Analysts say the future of digital experiences lies in immersive technology, so technologies that evolve and expand immersive experiences are critical. We have identified Metaverse, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Super Apps, Web3, Decentralized Identities, Digital Humans, and Digital Twins for Customer and Internal Talent Markets as technologies to watch in this category.
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As AI becomes an integral part of products, services, and solutions, technologies that accelerate AI automation are valuable. Gartner identified Autonomous Systems, Causal AI, Underlying Models, Generative Design AI, and Machine Learning Code Generation as technologies to watch in this category.
Finally, the set of technologies that fall under Optimized Technological Delivery focuses on products, services, and communities of solution builders and the platforms they use. Gartner recommends Enhanced FinOps, Cloud Data Ecosystem, Cloud Sustainability, Computational Storage, Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture, Data Observability, Dynamic Risk Governance, Industry Cloud Platform, Minimum Viable Architecture, We identified observability-driven development, OpenTelemetry, and platform engineering as technologies to focus on. this subset.
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Gartner Vice President Analyst Melissa Davis said:
“Emerging technologies offer transformative potential for businesses, but CIOs and technology innovation leaders face increasing resource constraints and the challenge of expanding their digital capabilities while improving sustainability. ,” added Davis.
Gartner’s Hype Cycle Graph shows when each technology hits its ‘innovation trigger’, ‘peak of inflated expectations’, ‘trough of disillusionment’, ‘slope of enlightenment’ and ‘plateau of productivity’. increase. The time range for each technology to reach a plateau ranges from 2 to 10 years.
“All the technologies in this hype cycle are in the early stages, but some are in the early stages and there is great uncertainty about how they will evolve. But it could be more rewarding for early adopters who can evaluate and leverage them, with the ability of organizations to handle unproven technologies,” said a Gartner analyst. Gary Oliffe said.
