will see further democratization of technology, further lowering the cost of
building and deploying technology solutions for the business. Significant
increase of low / no-code software will empower business to assemble their
solutions while IT takes a dominant role of ensuring security and protection as
well as choose the right deployment options. Business processes will further
dominate the enterprise landscape and more power to process and functional
owners as they try to significantly improve process cycle time with technology.
will see a lot of focus on cyber security, also accentuated as a result of
investments in AI and IOT. Companies
will invest significant time and monies in putting together policies,
procedures, technologies, practices and tools to create a more secure environment.
Cyber security insurance market on the other hand will pick up significant
attention and will see over a 3x growth in 2020. Enterprises will accelerate
the pace at which they launch and execute new business initiatives. AI adoption
will see a lot of fast followers – enterprises will take serious interest in
delivering returns with AI. Solutions like chatbots, image recognition and
machine learning, most enterprises will put together their AI strategy and
execution plan.
computing will see a lot of interest including leveraging edge computing to
have near-instant access to computing resources. This will immensely help lower
the connectivity costs for IoT solutions. The demand for SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
and related services will increase significantly. Also software developments will
see practical adoption of containerization and portability with multi cloud
vendors.
will also see a significant demand for digital skills especially in areas
entailing a healthy mix of process and technical knowledge. There will be
significant focus on driving company culture to create the excitement in
adopting some of these new technologies.
Srividya Kannan, Founder, Director- Avaali Solutions Pvt Ltd |