Gartner® has analyzed over 2,000 different emerging technologies, extracted and consolidated specific "must-known" innovations out of it, and structured them in its current Hype Cycle® for Emerging Technologies. They distinguish between evolving/expanding immersive experiences, accelerated AI automation, and optimized technologist delivery. While only a few of them can be implemented in the short term, most will take more than 10 years to become mainstream.
a) Evolving/expanding immersive experiences
- Decentralized identity (DCI)
- Digital humans
- Internal talent marketplaces
- Metaverse
- Non-fungible token (NFT)
- Superapp
- Web3
b) Accelerated AI automation
- Causal artificial intelligence (AI)
- Foundation models
- Generative design AI
- Machine learning code generation
c) Optimized technologist delivery
- Augmented FinOps
- Cloud sustainability
- Computational storage (CS)
- Cybersecurity mesh architecture (CSMA)
- Data observability
- Dynamic risk governance (DRG)
- Industry cloud platforms
- Minimum viable architecture (MVA)
- Observability-driven development (ODD)
- OpenTelemetry
- Platform engineering
More information can be found within the original Gartner Article about Emerging Technologies 2022 which is a must-read to discover any required detail about these new emerging innovations.
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