Top digital trends for 2020
Here are the top future technology trends of 2020 that 'll drive the post-digital wave.
The last few decades have witnessed the growth of technology and its application in an unprecedented manner. Though next year’s digital transformation trends were one of the key topics among most of the discussions in these years but the trends were somewhat felt repetitive. Cloud, Edge Compute, IoT, AR… It always seemed like we are rearranging the same chairs again and again.
But 2020 is expected to be a departure from that. Though the core technologies that dominated for the last few years will continue to be foundational to the digital transformation journey, 2020 will also have some fresh technologies to be eyed for. Among them are 5G, RPA, advanced AI, and some others that may surprise you. Here are the six such technologies that are likely to be the most significant in 2020.
5G
2020 will be the year of 5G. On one hand, the biggest names in telecommunications such as Qualcomm, AT&T, Ericsson, and Huawei will ensure that the 5G deployments stay on pace globally while on the other the leading handset makers of the world will be launching the 5G phones. The upgraded services will not only bring us faster broadband speeds but also accelerate advancements in smart cities, smart vehicles, and smart manufacturing. In other words, the true value of 5G won’t be limited to phones. The technology evolution will transform every industry for the better that touches our daily life.
Blockchain to move beyond Crypto
Blockchain was the technology arena’s one of the buzzwords in 2019 though it was limited to cryptocurrencies or financial institutions only. In 2020, it is likely that we will finally able to experience some meaningful use cases for blockchain. We know that Amazon Web Services democratising the technology with its subscription-based blockchain-as-a-service platform. However, they are not alone in this as many other global leaders including Samsung, Microsoft, and IBM are also playing in this space. We may begin to see the real use cases for the technology in food safety, intellectual property, and real estate/asset management for instance. 2020 may be the year to witness the true rise of Blockchain.
Robotic Process Automation
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) shouldn’t be considered as the new entrant but it is nevertheless a very hot topic among tech conversations or debates. However, the growing interest and investments in technology and RPA proving itself trustworthy, it is likely that 2020 will be a very big year for this technology. Companies like Cisco have already started using RPA to upskill and augment the value of their workforce, certainly, the other big names will also use the model to remain ahead of others.
Next-Generation AI
With Siri as one of the best examples of Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation to decode the conversation of a person, there are still problems for it sometimes to convert a speech to the right message. But in 2020, we may witness some refined forms of conversational applications of AI. A company like Microsoft is working on a conversational AI that cannot just hear correctly, but follow complex conversations and understand the nuances of emotions. Though it is hard to say that we will see any radical improvements in everyday consumer tech in 2020 but the development will act as a foundation not only for the next generation of conversational AI but also in imitating the other human qualities.
Human Augmentation
Human augmentation explores the use of technology to deliver cognitive and physical improvements as an integral part of the human experience. In simple language, it can be said that the augmentation enhances humans’ inherent physical or mental capabilities by implanting or hosting a technology element on their bodies. Over the next 10 years, increasing levels of physical and cognitive human augmentation will become prevalent as individuals seek personal enhancements. It will create a new segment of consumers where professionals were asked to develop the tools or applications to enhance their client’s abilities.
Hyperautomation
Hyperautomation is the combination of multiple machine learning (ML), packaged software and automation tools to deliver work. It will give machines the qualities to discover, analyse, design, automate, measure, monitor, and reassess making them more effective and productive. It will also instill the mechanism among the machines to relate to one with another and how they can be combined and coordinated for better results.
With the advent of these technologies, it should not be considered that the older one will be discontinued in the future. The older ones will continue to act as the foundation for transforming the processes but at the same time, the aforesaid technologies will dominate the digital transformations. In 2020, these technologies will be at the centre of most of the discussions and decide the trajectory of successful transitions.
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