Worldwide Technology Trends Reports

This research category includes our annual study on technology trends worldwide, along with in-depth reports on technology adoption and investment trends for each technology, as well as special reports on technology trends.

WORLDWIDE TECHNOLOGY TRENDS: ANNUAL REPORT

This is our annual report on technology trends, which provides an overview of current adoption trends, investment trends, and customer experience for a variety of new and popular technologies.

This year’s study is based on two years of survey data. A total of 201 IT organizations worldwide participated from November 2022 to February 2024. The IT organizations were asked about their technology adoption plans for the 18-month period stretching into the first half of the respective year, as well as their return on investment and total cost of ownership experience over the previous two-year period.

Our current survey covers 15 technologies and technology initiatives. We also look at 16 emerging technologies to find out which new technologies are viewed as practical versus just hype.

Read a detailed description, download free sample pages, or access the full Technology Trends report.

IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS REPORTS

Throughout the year, we publish detailed reports on the adoption trends and customer experience for many of these technologies:

• • Supply Chain Management Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Apr. 2025)
  • Business and Data Analytics Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Feb. 2025)
  • HR/HCM Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Feb. 2025)
  • AI Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Jan. 2025)
  • Internet of Things Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Jan. 2025)
  • IaaS Tech Trends and Customer Experience (Jan. 2025)
  • E-commerce Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Jan. 2025)
  • Advanced Networking Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Dec. 2024)
  • Robotic Process Automation Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Dec. 2024)
  • Digital Workplace Technologies Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Sep. 2024)
  • IT Security Technology (Feb. 2024)
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Feb. 2024)
  • Low-Code/No-Code Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Jan. 2024)
  • Business and Data Analytics Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Dec. 2023)
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (Oct. 2023)
  • SD-WAN Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Feb. 2022)
  • RFID Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Dec. 2021)
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (Sept. 2021)
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)  (Sep. 2020)
  • Mobile App (Apr. 2020)
  • Trends in Telecommuting in the IT Workforce (Mar. 2020)
  • Mobile and Wearable Devices (Oct. 2019)
  • Desktop Virtualization (Aug. 2017)
  • Software-Defined Networking (Mar. 2017)
  • Social Business/Collaboration Systems (Feb. 2017)
  • IT Financial Management Solution (Jan. 2015)

EARLY ADOPTER AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

We are also publishing free research bytes on new and future technologies. Here are recent examples:

• Beyond Metaverse—Why You Need an Omniverse Strategy
• NFTs: More Than Just Digital Art
• Quantum Computing Coming Sooner Than You Think

SPECIAL REPORTS

In addition, we publish special studies with analysis of major issues and trends, based on our original research. Here are some examples:

• • Understanding Cloud ERP Buyers and Providers
  • The Economic and Strategic Benefits of Cloud Computing
  • The Differences Between Cloud and Hosted ERP, and Why They Matter
  • Avoiding Technical Bankruptcy in Legacy Systems

For a full list of reports, including those not listed above, use our report filtering capability.

• All current technology trends reports