Technologies waiting for growth boom in 2020

 Low / no-code solutions

With the advent of cloud and cloud-type solutions, software manufacturers are promoting finished products to the main roles in the business where decisions are made. Providers can administer flexible solutions to solve problems almost as quickly as a business faces difficulties, requiring little or no effort from IT departments. Improving the cloud and SaaS model helps end users keep their tools up-to-date with minimal effort, increasing work efficiency through simplified device management.

In 2020, digital assistants are likely to be used more widely in work. Bots, like calendar managers, will work alongside people, helping them streamline workflows and manage time.

Intelligent Peripherals

In 2019, innovation laid the foundation for the creation of intellectual peripherals in 2020. Manufacturers are pushing innovations in advanced peripherals, and cloud providers are offering Kubernetes-like solutions to solve problems with peripheral computing. The technology is built on its own due to the transfer to the periphery of improvements in AI and clouds. Solutions that would boil down to installing primitive sensors a few years ago now use algorithms and send data to the clouds for processing.

A significant proportion of the calculations take place on the periphery, where data is collected. Thanks to such solutions, equipment works faster and better. But it also means that small data centers appear at information collection points, to which tasks solved in large data centers are transferred to a large extent. Although the latter will retain their significance. Imagine 20 thousand “smart” oil wells that collect and process mini-data sets, and the equipment necessary for this, from cameras and sensors to peripheral servers and gateways. Intelligent peripherals will change the form factors of computing, storage, security, etc.

Renewed focus on data protection and identity access

In 2019, as before, companies and even entire cities were held hostage by extortionists. Typically, companies have two types of data: important for business operations and regulated by standards such as GDPR. The protection of data of both types, which many call crown jewels has become highly reliable.

Organizations should protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of their data. In 2020, we can expect renewed attention to these issues.

The solutions that are available today, and those that will appear in 2020, would not have been possible without improvements in clouds, AI, and automation that have been implemented in recent years.