

This foundation must consist of engineered, repeatable, trusted, proven and scalable working practices and innovations.įor example, the market for digital and cloud technology and services is currently dominated by U.S. However, it can also extend to building innovations as a resilient core and foundation for IT to deliver business value. “As organizations continue their focus on digital business transformation, they must accelerate change and cut through the hype surrounding emerging technologies,” said Melissa Davis, research VP at Gartner. “Leading organizations will lean on the emerging technologies in this year’s Hype Cycle to build trust and new growth opportunities against a background of continued strategic change and economic uncertainty.”


Breakthrough technologies are continually appearing, challenging even the most innovative organizations to keep up,” said Brian Burke, research VP at Gartner. “Technology innovation is a key enabler of competitive differentiation and is the catalyst for transforming many industries. Engineering trust, accelerating growth and sculpting change are the three overarching trends on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2021 that will drive organizations to explore emerging technologies such as nonfungible tokens (NFT), sovereign cloud, data fabric, generative AI and composable networks to help secure competitive advantage.
