AI Foundations
According to Gartner's survey, about 59% of organizations are still in the early stages of gathering information to build their AI strategy. It is expected that by 2018, AI will be increasingly used to improve decision making, improve customer experience, and rediscover business models.
Intelligent and Analytics Applications
It is expected that in the next few years, every application and service will combine AI to some degree. It is estimated that by 2018, every smartphone will have a dedicated AI chip. This will be an integral part of our lives and we will not even realize it. Smart apps will create a new intelligent layer between people and systems to change the work structure and workplace. Augmented analytics will also be an important part of the business.
Intelligent Things
AI combination and learning machine will help smart things to interact more cohesively with us and our surroundings. Devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home change our living room. As a result, some smart devices will work independently or with human intervention.
Digital Twins
For those who do not know, Digital Twins is a digital representation of a real-world entity or system. While this is one of the most important technological trends for 2018, by 2020, an estimated 21 billion connected sensors will generate billions of existence. With a shift to the digital world, marketers, healthcare professionals, and planners will benefit.
Cloude to the Edge
Edge computing is a topology where the source of information is closer to the processing of information and the collection and delivery of content. While it can be seen that Cloud and Edge computing compete in approach, the reality is very different. If implemented together, Cloud can be used to create service-oriented models and Edge can offer delivery styles for the implementation of a section of cloud services.
Conversational Platform
Conversational Platform can execute processing different user queries and complex interactions. In the near future, this platform will evolve in processing more complex actions. By overcoming the challenge of better user communication.
Immersive Experience
You do not need the introduction of AR, VR, and MR technologies to interact with the digital world of technology in 2018. Recently, Microsoft increased MR games by partnering with many OEMs and releasing Windows 10 MR headsets. Apple and Google also bring AR applications to smartphones. Gartner predicts that in the next 5 years, the focus is on MR, where users interact with objects in the digital and real world.
Blockchain
Blockchain is a technology that competes with the business world in 2018. With an understanding of the opportunities and limitations of blockchain, an organization can ensure that its team understands what is and is not possible, it is advisable to be cautious when handling blockchain and its applications because the legality of blockchain and bitcoin applications remains suspicious in many parts of the world, including India, China and Russia.
Event-Driven
Events are an important part of any business because it reflects the circumstances and changes in the business. With the advancement of AI and IoT, business events can be detected quickly and analyzed more accurately. It is estimated that by 2020 such "thinking" will be needed for 80% of digital business solutions.
Continuous Adaptive Risk and Trust (CARTA)
With the use of more and more sophisticated tools, organizations need to keep upcoming threats to counter threats such as WannaCry's ransomware. With Continuous Adaptive Risk and Trust (CARTA), organizations can make real-time, risk, and trust-based decision-making decisions. In the digital world, organizations need to integrate security into their DevOps to deliver ongoing "DevSecOps" processes.
