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Tech Trends 2023

Tech Trends 2023

Deloitte’s 14th annual Tech Trends report explores the impact of emerging technologies on groundbreaking innovations and foundational business areas. Stories of pioneering organizations show what’s happening now, describe what’s new, and project what could be coming next.

Read the Prologue: A brief history of the future
Table of contents Introduction Eyes to the sky: Three enduring eternities Feet firmly on the ground: Three foundational forces Epilogue Access more insights Get connected

Table of Contents

Table of contents Introduction Eyes to the sky: Three enduring eternities Feet firmly on the ground: Three foundational forces Epilogue Access more insights Get connected

Eyes to the sky: Three enduring eternities

The history of IT has been a steady evolution of pioneering innovations in interaction, information, and computation, the three enduring eternities of modern computing.

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Through the glass: Immersive internet for the enterprise

The metaverse and other immersive virtual experiences are quickly becoming valuable enterprise tools for new business models, training, and collaboration.

ARTICLE 8 MIN READ
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Opening up to AI: Learning to trust our AI colleagues

While the value of AI is now indisputable, the question of how to best use it often boils down to how much workers and end users trust AI tools.

ARTICLE 9 MIN READ
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Above the clouds: Taming multicloud chaos

To simplify multicloud management, many enterprises are turning to a layer of abstraction and automation that offers a single pane of control for multicloud environments.

ARTICLE 6 MIN READ

Feet firmly on the ground: Three foundational forces

Existing systems and investments—represented by the business of technology, cyber and trust, and core modernization—need to integrate with pioneering innovations so businesses can seamlessly operate while they grow.

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Flexibility, the best ability: Reimagining the tech workforce

Instead of competing for a limited supply of tech talent, organizations can focus on skill-building, tap creative sources of talent, and provide a compelling talent experience.

ARTICLE 9 MIN READ
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In us we trust: Decentralized architectures and ecosystems

In an environment of decreasing confidence in civic and business institutions, decentralized, “trustless” systems based on blockchain could help rebuild trust.

ARTICLE 9 MIN READ
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Connect and extend: Mainframe modernization hits its stride

Enterprises are increasingly bringing mainframes into the modern era by connecting and extending them to emerging technologies to drive digital transformation.

ARTICLE 8 MIN READ

Epilogue

Widening the aperture: Exploring the next frontiers, from infotech to xTech

Historically, “technology” has served as shorthand for information technology. But an extended set of technologies—or xTech—is on the horizon. We anticipate that six emerging technology disciplines will eventually rival IT in their impact on business innovation.

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Trend Lines

The future is already here, albeit unevenly distributed.

We’ve built a wide-angle lens that helps us look globally, across all sectors and societies, at how pioneering leaders are building distinct facets of the future, today. With Trend Lines, these stories form a collage that outlines the shapes and shadows of tomorrow.

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Past Tech Trends

Read our previous predictions.

Tech Trends highlights accelerating trends that are likely to disrupt businesses during the next 18 to 24 months across industries and geographies. Visit trends from past reports.

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The Novel and Exponential Technologies (NExT) team is a team of futurists and researchers who sense—and make sense of—emerging technologies that have the potential for widespread business impact. With our pragmatic approach to futurism, we help organizations shape strategic business agendas and set an intentional course toward tomorrow.

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Mike Bechtel

Chief futurist and executive editor

Deloitte Consulting LLP
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Caroline Brown

Creative lead

Deloitte Consulting LLP
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Abhijith Ravinutala

Writer

Deloitte Consulting LLP
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Stefanie Heng

Project lead

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Adrian Espinoza

Visual design lead

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Heidi Morrow

Designer

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Natalie Martella Haas

Project manager

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Ed Burns

Writer

Deloitte Consulting LLP
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Kelly Raskovich

Project advisor

Deloitte Consulting LLP
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