Pretty obvious what it is now, "Cloud Computing". Companies have to "move to the cloud". Some companies don't even have directors of IT on staff, they just hire a consulting firm to move them to the "cloud" but they don't know what it is.
Let's say 5 years ago
- Everything was hosted locally or with an IT provider. Citrix for example was popular
- The number of apps in iOS app store and Play store have tripled - mobile is king
- Businesses slowly started to look at technology as a need and not as a luxury
Now
- SaaS is king, hosting data in Azure, AWS or Google's data centers is popular
- Citrix is still used but in a different capacity
- You need a mobile app to pair with your website / company to be looked at seriously
- eCommerce has been changed dramatically with Square & competitors
So what's next?
- Edge networking?
- A boom in security spending?
- Machine learning?
- Blockchain?
- VR & AR?
- Internet of Things?
- Smart kitchens?
- 3D Printing?
We all know deep down, whatever the infrastructure is now, and whatever is popular now won't be in 2023. I'd love to hear what you guys think. Obviously my list isn't what you have to pick from. It's just some things that I think could potentially take off.
Submitted August 23, 2018 at 12:14PM by wirsteve https://ift.tt/2w6mbeQ
