10 Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2024

Madrid, 1st January 2024.- As we enter 2024, the world continues to face serious challenges. Geopolitical tensions and the macro situation signalled a change in the economic cycle, marked by supply constraints, energy shortages and a return to high levels of inflation. Against this new backdrop, understand the context is key.

According to Gartner®, “further economic instability and geopolitical altercations are expected, while a climate crisis continues to unfold and technological developments shake societies worldwide. Cybercrime and ransomware attacks have increased to unprecedented levels, and hybrid working has become the new normal. Added productivity pressures increase the demand for certain scarce professionals. Organizations of all sizes are feeling the impacts”.

This said, behind the difficulties also lie new opportunities. Gartner® states: “Technology disruptions and socioeconomic uncertainties require a willingness to act boldly and strategically enhance resilience over ad hoc responses. IT leaders must ensure calculated risk and reliable investments to sustainably enable both internal and external value creation.”

In this report, Gartner identifies the most relevant, current and impactful trends that will enable you to determine which single trends -or strategic combination- will have the most significant impact on your organization, and the ecosystem in which it operates:

Trend No. 1: AI Trust, Risk, Security & Management (AI TRiSM)

Trend No. 2: Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

Trend No. 3: Sustainable Technology

Trend No. 4: Platform Engineering

Trend No. 5: AI-Augmented Development

Trend No. 6: Industry Cloud Platforms

Trend No. 7: Intelligent Applications

Trend No. 8: Democratized Generative AI

Trend No. 9: Augmented Connected Workforce

Trend No. 10: Machine Customers

**READ THE COMPLIMENTARY GARTNER REPORT HERE**

Gartner, Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2024. Bart Willemsen, Gary Olliffe, Arun Chandrasekaran. 16 October 2023.

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