I always wished to maintain a list of technology trends. This time around I made it. Here’s the initial list.
A technology becomes trending due to the interplay of factors such as user needs, technology maturity and affordability. For example – Artificial Intelligence has been around for more than a decade. However, it’s gaining traction now as there is massive amount of data generated and computing has become less expensive due to the advent of cloud.
Remote future (> 5 years)
- Quantum computing
- Web 3.0
- Metaverse
Futuristic ( < 5 years)
- 5G
- Blockchain (Non-Crypto)
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Internet Of Things (IOT)
- Intelligent chatbots / Assistance (conversational model / Voice)
- Wearables
- Edge computing
- Cognitive first interfaces.
- Semantic web
- Self driving cars
Current trend
- Artificial intelligence
- AI Assisted coding (for developers)
- Generative AI (esp for Marketing)
- Robotics
- Drones
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Serverless cloud computing
Past trend
- Cloud
- Analytics
- Big data
- Mobility
- DevOps
- Web 2.0 (Social web)
- Micro service architecture
- NoSql
- Containerization
- Automation
- Real time (near) processing.
- App servers
Remote past trends
- Digitisation
- Web portals
- Business Process Modelling
- Dateware housing and Business Intelligence
- Batch processing
- Monolith architecture
Do you have an input on this list. Please comment it. I will include it.