2021 Tech Trends
Thriving through disruptive change.
Creating new options from disruptive effects.
For a high-level overview of emerging technologies on the immediate horizon, delve into Info-Tech’s annual Trends Reports. Designed with up-to-date intelligence on hot topics that will define the year to come, the 2021 Tech Trends report offers you in-depth, expert analysis on how these technologies will affect your organization.
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This year’s report identifies six key trends that will help an organization absorb the impact of change and adapt to the new market scenario.
To gain insights on the challenges ahead, Info-Tech surveyed professionals and conducted in-depth interviews with experts as part of this report.
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Download ResearchSix Trends That Will Help Organizations Thrive through Change
Adapt
The first three trends of our report focus on adapting to disruptive change. Identify the gap between your current operations and where they could be in the new scenario, and make a plan to improve your capabilities to achieve that vision.
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Machine Learning by Design
Would you wear a shirt designed by an algorithm? Urbancoolab knows that you will and it’s shaking up the fashion industry by pairing influencers with machine learning.
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with Idris Mootee, CEO and cofounder, Urbancoolab; author of Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation
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Citizen Dev 2.0
Local governments are seeing the benefits of working with volunteers that harness open data and no-code/low-code platforms to produce civic solutions.
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with Skaidra Puodziunas, Senior Engagement Advisor, Ontario Digital Service
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Venture Architecture
How do you reinvent the pro sports industry to harness data-driven approaches to drive team success and fan engagement? Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) lead the way.
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with Sumit Arora, Senior Director, Strategy & Analytics Digital Labs, MLSE
Absorb
The latter three trends focus on capabilities and structures that can help your organization absorb the impact of disruptive market change. Lessen the blow of a crisis by strengthening all elements of your system and distributing the impact equally throughout.
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Distributed Autonomous Organizations
Could AI help manage the distributed future of the workplace by prioritizing work and evaluating performance?
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with Timothy Minahan, EVP Strategy and CMO, Citrix. CTA
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Self-Sovereign Cloud
Managing hybrid cloud infrastructure while maintain full control over your data is a tall order, but must be achieved to meet a more regulated data future.
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with Craig Tavares, Global Head of Cloud, Aptum
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Digital Sustainability
IT is often pointed to as a creator of carbon emissions, but new digital technologies are helping eliminate carbon in significant ways.
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with Michelle Lancaster, Director of Sustainability Partnerships, Microsoft
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Download ResearchBlueprints on Trends
Moving forward with technological changes can be an unfamiliar and uncertain process unless you have the proper support to guide you along the way. Info-Tech does exactly that through its thorough and helpful blueprints, with tools and templates, giving you the confidence to adopt new technologies without second-guessing.
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To keep an eye on the winds of change underway in the world of technology and economics, Info-Tech’s own Research Fellow, Mark Anderson, provides thought-provoking reports with critical insights on strategy development and business-technology planning. With access to need-to-know information and unreserved predictions, you can position yourself as a forward thinker with your C-level peers.