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 study is based on a survey of 212 IT organizations worldwide conducted from September through December 2020. The IT organizations were asked about their technology adoption plans for the 18-month period stretching into the first half of 2023, as well as their return on investment and total cost of ownership experience over the previous two-year period.

Our current survey covers 14 technologies and technology initiatives. We also look at 19 early adopter and future 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:

• • Digital Workplace Technologies Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Oct. 2022)
  • E-Commerce (May. 2022)
  • Supply Chain Management (May. 2022)
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality Adoption Trends and Customer Experience  (Feb. 2022)
  • SD-WAN Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Feb. 2022)
  • RFID Adoption Trends and Customer Experience (Dec. 2021)
  • Human Capital Management (HCM) (Nov. 2021)
  • IT Security Technology (Nov. 2021)
  • Business and Data Analytics (Nov. 2021)
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (Sept. 2021)
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (Sept. 2021)
  • Robotic Process Automation (Jun. 2021)
  • Internet of Things (IoT) (Mar. 2021)
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)  (Sep. 2020)
  • Artificial Intelligence (Aug. 2020)
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) (July 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