Technology changes and adapts, with new features, applications and products being released continuously. It might feel hard to keep up, never mind look forward to next year – but that’s what we’ll do in this article.
The technologies we’ve listed below are all intrinsically interconnected. If one is to develop, we expect the others to as well. That’s why we can be pretty confident in these emerging tech trends for 2023.
Of course, we don’t know the future. But it seems that the world is heading in these directions. Based on current trends, interests and investments, here’s what we expect to happen.
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Digital Immune System
A digital immune system, often referred to as a DIS, is a series of ICT processes and operations to protect your business’s networks.
Its focus is usually customer satisfaction, applied to reduce web page crashes or other glitches. However, it’s also applicable to your employees, who also find downtime frustrating. As a result of a good DIS, your organisation’s efficiency (and, therefore, cash flow) will increase.
In simpler terms, a digital immune system protects your operating system from glitches, bugs and malware.
An effective digital immune system involves several elements, including AI and user testing, auto-remediation and chaos engineering, and focusing on supply chain security. With all these in place, you’ll be more protected against downtime and security risks and be able to react quickly when these cases inevitably arise.
Metaverse
You might have heard of Facebook’s (now Meta’s) ‘Metaverse’. This is undoubtedly the most well-known, but the technology is generally referred to as ‘metaverse technology’. Many developers are out there and, thus, many potential applications.
Whether you think participating in a virtual 3D world is fantastic or the end of the world as we know it, metaverse technologies are very likely to emerge as beneficial business tools in 2023. As it becomes more popular, many companies are investing in it.
There are so many potential uses it’s hard to wrap your head around them. For example, virtual banks could be set up (JP Morgan has already done this). Virtual workspaces could allow teams to collaborate better or organisations to meet ‘face-to-face’ with clients. Live training could be delivered to employees based in different locations, using virtual or augmented reality to create an immersive experience.
Interested? Scared? It’s okay to be both.
Adaptive AI
Adaptive AI is becoming more and more popular. Throughout 2022, we saw highly efficient AIs having a more pivotal role in SME operating systems. Since ChatGPT was released in the last month or two, interest has skyrocketed.
In short, Adaptive AI is an artificial intelligence software that ‘adapts’ to changing inputs such as a decision or outcome. However, it leaves space for adjustment depending on an almost infinite array of variables.
Some of the main areas it can help in include disease diagnosis, image or speech recognition, financial trading, predictive analysis (such as weather, fault or market predictions), and interpreting unstructured data such as survey results, social media trends or user behaviour.
Adaptive AI also plays a prominent role in maintaining operating systems and websites, ensuring a smooth user experience. If crashes or security breaches occur, it learns why this has happened and works to prevent it in future. Of course, it plays a crucial role in digital immune systems.
Increased automation
While automation in IT has been around for a while, it is set to become increasingly prevalent in the next 12 months and beyond, as even more organisations wake up to the opportunities it can bring.
Automation has the potential to streamline IT operations and reduce manual tasks, allowing IT professionals to focus on higher-value tasks. This can lead to increased productivity, efficiency and cost savings.
As the volume of data and complexity of IT systems continues to grow, automation can also help organisations manage these challenges more effectively. For example, it can help with tasks such as data management, security monitoring and incident response, which can be time-consuming and resource-intensive if done manually.
Automation can improve the accuracy and consistency of IT processes, reducing the risk of errors and improving overall system reliability. This is particularly important in areas such as cybersecurity, where even minor errors can have significant consequences.
Lastly, automation can help organisations respond more quickly to changing business needs and market conditions. For example, automated workflows can be easily adapted to support new business processes or respond to changes in customer demand.
Overall, automation in IT is an emerging technology trend for 2023 because it has the potential to help organisations reduce costs, improve efficiency, increase accuracy and respond more quickly to changing business needs.
As a result, it’s likely to become an increasingly important technology for organisations looking to stay competitive in the months – and years – ahead.
Sustainable Technology
The term’ sustainable technology’ is thrown around in many organisations. Its precise definition depends on the specific business and its policies. In general, it can be taken as one of the following:
- Working with environmentally sustainable processes (such as carbon offsetting)
- Working with financially sustainable methods (such as futureproofing)
Both of these will play a vital part in the coming years, but especially sustainable technology. We live at a time when climate change is starting to visibly take hold of the world. As the younger generation (in particular) enter the workforce and client base, environmental sustainability has truly come into focus.
Currently, many organisations use sneaky terms to come across as kind to the environment when, in reality, they aren’t. This is why environmental sustainability is such big business. Everyone wants to be seen as environmentally aware, but not necessarily pay the price in reality. The recent example of Shell
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A vital part of this is knowing what will happen in the tech world. You can then prepare and adapt as necessary.
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