Gartner predicts that in 2024, businesses will be looking for ways to ensure their investments are protected for years to come.
Each year, the company compiles a list of 10 trends that it believes will take hold in the technology industry over the next year.
This year, five of these trends fall under technology investment protection. According to Gartner, the key to achieving this protection is to systematically stop uncontrolled experiments without sufficient direction, be realistic in calculating your project’s ROI, and reuse. It’s about aligning your innovations with this in mind.
Trends consistent with this include AI trust, risk, and security management. Continuous Threat Exposure Management. Industry cloud platform. sustainable technology. and democratized generative AI.
The company also broke down the trends into two other categories: “Rise of the Builder” and “Delivering Value.”
Gartner develops a roadmap that enables non-experts to create applications, helping businesses build software by working closely with business stakeholders and using technology that is appropriate for their industry, organizational needs, and professional staff. We believe that we can unleash the creativity of everyone who works with us.
Trends that fit this theme include platform engineering, AI-enhanced development, industry cloud platforms, intelligent applications, sustainable technologies, and democratized generative AI.
Delivering value is the final theme, which includes trends such as the democratization of machine customers, the empowerment of networked workforces, intelligent applications, sustainable technology, and generative AI.
Gartner will drive revenue by adapting to changing internal and external customer demands, such as algorithm-based customer approaches, and accelerating the transition to evolving digital tools, such as those related to generative AI and upskilling. We encourage organizations to expand their options for
“Technological disruption and socio-economic uncertainty require a willingness to act boldly and strategically to build resilience, rather than relying on ad hoc responses,” said Bart, Gartner Deputy Analyst. Willemsen said. “IT leaders must ensure calculated risks and make reliable and durable investments to sustainably enable both internal and external value creation.”
