Pandemic resulted in institutional strength
Deloitte’s 12th “Technology Trends Report” evaluates the opportunities, strategies and technologies that will create confidence in planning and implementation in the next 18-24 months for organizations struggling with the challenges of 2020. Deloitte Digital Turkey Partner Özlem Yanmaz gave the following information:
“The theme of this year’s report is resilience. During this period, we have seen CIOs and other top executives have proven that they are leading this journey confidently and can improve. Plans for the ‘future’ actualized not in years, but in weeks. This has been a major breakthrough, albeit difficult. Trends show that the turbulence experienced in the past year has also a promising aspect.”
CIOs are drawing a promising route for 2021 and beyond. Top trends include the future of the workplace, the industrialization of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, development of systems at the core and technologies that support diversity, equity and inclusiveness. The nine trends examined in the report fall into three main categories:
Heart of the Organization: “Strategy Engineering”; “Revival at the Core” and “Disintegration in the Supply Chain” trends focus on the harmony of the organization and technology strategy. The harmonious cooperation of these complex, but essential components is a must for organizations.
A Better Experience: The trends of “Billions of People: Digital and Physical Meet” and “Transformation of the Digital Workplace” aim to create a common perspective for customers, employees and stakeholders. It evaluates tools that support organizational diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the lifecycle of talent that reinforces innovation.
Art of Enabling with Data: It points to the scaled increase in human capacity as businesses move further towards automation and machine-driven decision making. “MLOps: Industrializing Artificial Intelligence”; The “Machine Data Revolution: Feeding the Machine” and “Zero Trust: Do not Trust, Verify” trends represent three opportunities for businesses to create more value through industrialization and automation.