Gartner Unveils 2024 Tech Trends: AI's Dominance and Beyond

Gartner's annual tech trends forecast for 2024 paints a dynamic landscape, spotlighting the ascendancy of Artificial Intelligence (AI) alongside key influencers like cloud services, security, and sustainability. 


Here’s what they’re predicting as the key tech trends for 2024.


Democratised Generative AI (GenAI)
  • GenAI democratisation via pre-trained models, cloud computing, and open source.
  • Prediction: Over 80% of enterprises using GenAI by 2026, democratising knowledge globally.

AI Trust, Risk, and Security Management (TRiSM)
  • Guarding against AI-generated negative effects through TRiSM.
  • Prediction: AI TRiSM controls increasing decision-making accuracy by eliminating 80% of faulty information by 2026.

AI-Augmented Development
  • AI aids software engineers in designing, coding, and testing applications.
  • Enhances developer productivity, enabling focus on strategic activities.

Intelligent Applications
  • Applications with learned adaptation and autonomy.
  • Utilises various AI-based services for dynamic user-adaptive experiences.

Augmented-Connected Workforce (ACWF)
  • ACWF strategy optimises human workforce value using intelligent applications and analytics.
  • Prediction: 25% of CIOs will use ACWF initiatives to reduce time to competency by 50% for key roles by 2027.

Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)
  • Pragmatic approach utilising AI to evaluate digital and physical asset vulnerabilities continually.
  • Agile protection reduces breach likelihood, discovered to be three times less likely.

Machine Customers (Custobots)
  • Nonhuman economic actors autonomously negotiating and purchasing goods and services.
  • Prediction: 15 billion connected products behaving as customers by 2028, driving trillions in revenues.

Sustainable Technology
  • Framework for digital solutions enabling environmental, social, and governance outcomes.
  • Prediction: By 2027, 25% of CIOs' compensation is linked to sustainable technology impact.

Platform Engineering
  • Discipline of building and operating self-service internal development platforms.
  • Aims to optimise productivity, enhance user experience, and accelerate business value delivery.

Industry Cloud Platforms (ICPs)
  • Prediction: Over 70% of enterprises using ICPs by 2027 for accelerated business initiatives.
  • ICPs combine SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services into a comprehensive product offering tailored to industry needs.



With such tech trends emerging and accelerating, it’s time for companies to ask themselves if they have the right staff or recruitment pipelines in place to take full advantage of these trends. Reach out to the Kaliba recruitment team to discuss your tech career or hiring needs.



Source: https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/709153/ai-dominate-technology-trends-2024/


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