- AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (AI TRiSM)
- Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
- Sustainable Technology
- Platform Engineering
- AI-Augmented Development
- Industry Cloud Platforms
- Intelligent Applications
- Democratized Generative AI
- Augmented Connected Workforce
- Machine Customers
1. Theme 1: Protect your investment
To ensure sustained impact from your technology investments, be:- Deliberate. Stop all uncontrolled experimentation with insufficient direction. Efforts should be intentional and produce sound results for daily use.
- Realistic. Calculate the ROI of projects by factoring in the necessary protective measures from the start.
- Forward-looking. Tailor innovations with reuse in mind while securing your rights (i.e., intellectual property and ownership of creations) and a durable position in the future.
- AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (AI TRiSM)
- Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
- Industry Cloud Platforms
- Sustainable Technology
- Democratized Generative AI
By 2026, generative AI will significantly alter 70% of the design and development effort for new web applications and mobile apps. – Gartner
2. Theme 2: Rise of the builders
Unleash the creative powers of the myriad communities that build applications and solutions by:- Using technology that fits your industry, specific organizational needs and specialist workers.
- Developing your roadmap to enable nonspecialists to create.
- Working closely with business stakeholders to determine software delivery and portfolio life cycle management.
- Platform Engineering
- AI-Augmented Development
- Industry Cloud Platforms
- Intelligent Applications
- Sustainable Technology
- Democratized Generative AI
By 2027, 80% of CIOs will have performance metrics tied to the sustainability of the IT organization. – Gartner
3. Theme 3: Deliver the value
Refine and accelerate how you improve experience for stakeholders, and expand your options for driving revenue by:- Continuously adjusting to changing internal and external customer demands to create a virtuous cycle of value determination and delivery.
- Including approaches for algorithm-based customers, whose influence is rapidly growing.
- Facilitating controlled access to quickly evolving digital tools, whether they relate to generative AI, workforce skilling and migration, or other opportunities for augmentation and automation.
- Machine Customers
- Augmented Connected Workforce
- Intelligent Applications
- Sustainable Technology
- Democratized Generative AI
4. How to use these technologies to achieve your CEO’s and CIO’s goals for 2024 and beyond
- Examine the trends’ potential relative to your organization’s specific situation, factor them into your strategic planning for the next few years, and adjust your business models and operations appropriately.
- The trends are mutually reinforcing, not isolated occurrences. Combine the technologies to fit your strategy, transformation intentions and benefit.
- Positive outcomes include enhancing resilience, maximizing value from data, attracting and retaining talent, achieving ESG goals, driving growth, and accelerating digital business.
FAQs
The trends focus on three key themes: protecting investments through deliberate and realistic approaches, empowering builders with appropriate technology and tools, and delivering value by adapting to changing customer demands.
Investment protection trends include AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (AI TRiSM), Continuous Threat Exposure Management, Industry Cloud Platforms, Sustainable Technology, and Democratized Generative AI.
According to Gartner, generative AI will transform 70% of web and mobile app development efforts by 2026. It’s becoming democratized across organizations and integrated into various business functions.
Sustainability is a key focus, with Gartner predicting 80% of CIOs will have sustainability-linked performance metrics by 2027. It’s integrated across multiple trends and impacts both technology and business strategies.
Organizations should evaluate trends based on their specific situation, combine multiple technologies to fit their strategy, and focus on outcomes like enhancing resilience, maximizing data value, and accelerating digital business growth.
