Predictions of Next decade (2020 -2029) – 2020

1.     Agile transformation & Business Agility will continue to drive great profit for consulting businesses.

2.     AI will be pervasive.

3.     Algorithmic driven operations in the service industry will be the norm.

4.     Digital currencies will start challenging the national currencies.

5.     3D printing will be able to a decent speed of product but still be vanity.

6.     Fragmentation of the internet. There will be country/region-specific walls.

7.     Cloud tri-poly or quad-poly will continue.

8.     Social media will make people lonelier and rip the democratic and social fabric.

9.     China-based vs USA-based tech organization will open new business war theaters.

10.  Industry-specific cloud offerings will be the norm.

11.  Autonomous vehicles will start shaking the foundation of the laws and insurance industry.

12.  Voice and gesture-based interfaces will be the norm.

13.   The quantum computing race will continue.

Prediction for next decade (2019-2028) - 2019

1. Agile transformation market will thrive while large enterprises will struggle to transform.
2.  Bigdata trend will keep gaining strength in both spheres – Batch & Real time. But too many tools may kill momentum.
3. SAAS and PAAS will prevail for the small and big enterprise.
4. IAAS will thrive in enterprise data centers (Private Cloud).
5. Industry-specific cloud platforms will rise to cater regulatory and vertical-specific needs.
6. Artificial intelligence will be a new playground for software developers.
7.  Digital currencies will impact the financial markets in a big way.
8.  Fragmentation of the Internet - There will be walls around a country or region-specific internet.
9. Applications will be pervasive in devices and appliances like phones (mobile and fixed line), TVs, automobiles, refrigerators, disk (CD/DVD/BlueRay) players, and any other computing device.
10. Indian IT workforce will shift from permanent job to contractual jobs like in the USA.
11. 3D printing will start making penetration into the consumer market which will take a heavy toll on mass manufacturing based economies.
12. Fragmentation and Alternatives of Java and Enterprise Java (like Apache harmony, and Spring) will emerge stronger and official Java from Oracle will lose its sheen due to lust for its monetization by Oracle.
13.  The rise of China-based technology companies.

Top Trends of 2019

1. In software development and maintenance, fall of the waterfall will continue while Agile will be rising.
2. Agile transformation business will flourish further.
3. Agile at scale will continue to haunt.
4. The noise around budgeting, HR, sales & marketing, and other enterprise functions in the Agile adopting environment may become loud enough.
5. Contemporary engineering practices and DevOps have blurred lines
6. Containerization and micro service will keep on rising in software architecture and design.
7. The cloud-based application will penetrate further into the enterprise market.
8. AI and Blockchain will keep their momentum.
9. Bigdata, Artificial intelligence, and user experience professionals will be in great demand.
10. Autonomous vehicle technology will be pursued further.
11. Virtual and augmented reality will start making a further inroad into enterprise training business.
12. The merger of devices will continue.
13. Architecture and Design for big complex products will rely on Agile way of working.

Prediction for next decade (2018-2027) - 2018

1. Agile transformation market will thrive while large enterprises will struggle to transform.

2.  Bigdata trend will keep gaining strength in both spheres – Batch & Real time. But too many tools may kill momentum.

3. SAAS and PAAS will prevail for the small and big enterprise.

4. IAAS will thrive in enterprise data centers (Private Cloud).

5. Industry-specific cloud platforms will rise to cater regulatory and vertical-specific needs.

6. Artificial intelligence will be new playground of software developers.

7.  Digital currencies will impact financial markets in a big way.

8.  Fragmentation of Internet - There will be walls around a country or region-specific internet.

9. Applications will be pervasive in devices and appliances like phones (mobile and fixed line), TVs, automobiles, refrigerators, disk (CD/DVD/BlueRay) players, and any other computing device.

10. Indian IT workforce will shift from permanent job to contractual jobs like in the USA.

11. 3D printing will start making penetration into consumer market which will take a heavy toll on mass manufacturing based economies.

12. Fragmentation and Alternatives of Java and Enterprise Java (like Apache harmony, and Spring) will emerge stronger and official Java from Oracle will lose its sheen due to lust for its monetization by Oracle.

13.  The rise of China-based technology companies.

Top Trends of 2018

1. In software development and maintenance, fall of the waterfall will continue while Agile will be rising.
2. Agile transformation business will flourish further.
3. Agile at scale will continue to haunt.
4. The noise around budgeting, HR, sales & marketing, and other enterprise functions in the Agile adopting environment may become loud enough.
5. Containerization and micro service will keep on rising in software architecture and design.
6. The cloud-based application will penetrate further into the enterprise market.
7. Voice-based interaction and user interface will gain a further foothold in home improvement market.
8. Mobile payment will become ubiquitous.
9. Internet of things will keep growing in consumer and enterprise market.
10. Bigdata, Artificial intelligence, and user experience professionals will be in great demand.
11. Autonomous vehicle technology will be pursued further.
12. Virtual and augmented reality will start making a further inroad into enterprise training business.
13. The merger of devices will continue.

Prediction for next decade (2017-2026) - 2017

1.  Bigdata trend will keep gaining strength in both spheres – Batch & Real time. But too many tools may kill momentum.

2.    SAAS and PAAS will prevail for the small and big enterprise.

3.    IAAS will thrive in enterprise data centers (Private Cloud).

4.    Industry specific cloud platforms will rise to cater regulatory and vertical-specific needs.

5.    Fragmentation and Alternatives of Java and Enterprise Java (like Apache harmony, and Spring) will emerge stronger and official java from Oracle will loose its sheen due to lust for its monetization by Oracle.

6.    3D printing will start making penetration into consumer market which will take a heavy toll on mass manufacturing based economies.

7.    Indian IT workforce will shift from permanent job to contractual jobs like in the USA.

8.    Artificial intelligence will be new playground of software developers.

9.  Outsourcing of IT industry will change from India focused to 2I + 1 (2 location in India and one elsewhere).

10.  Digital currencies will impact financial markets in a big way.

11.  Applications will be pervasive in devices and appliances like phones (mobile and fixed line), TVs, automobiles, refrigerators, disk (CD/DVD/BlueRay) players, and any computing device.

12.  Fragmentation of Internet - There will be walls around country or region specific internet.

13.  Rise of china based technology companies.

Top Trends of 2017

1. In software development and maintenance fall of water fall will continue while agile will be rising. 
2. Agile transformation business will flourish further
3. Virtual and augmented reality will start making an inroad into enterprise training business.
4. Spatial gesture sensitive and voice controlled devices will rise further.
5. Mobile payment will rise further.
6. Containerization and micro service will keep on rising in software architecture and design.
7. Internet of things will keep growing in consumer and enterprise market
8. Bigdata, Artificial intelligence, and user experience professionals will be in great demand.
9. Autonomous vehicle technology will be pursued further.
10. Voice based interaction and user interface will emerge.
11. Merger of devices will continue.
12. Cloud based application will penetrate further in the enterprise market.
13. Innovation in connected governance will emerge from India.

Prediction for remaining decade (2015-2026) - 2016

1.  Bigdata trend will keep gaining strength in both spheres – Batch & Real time. But too many tools may kill momentum.

2.    SAAS and PAAS will prevail for small and big enterprise.

3.    IAAS will thrive in enterprise data centers (Private Cloud).

4.    Industry specific cloud platforms will rise to cater regulatory and vertical specific needs.

5.    Fragmentation and Alternatives of Java and Enterprise Java (like Apache harmony, and Spring) will emerge stronger and official java from Oracle will loose its sheen due to lust for its monetization by Oracle.

6.    Laptop, mobile and tablet will merge into one.

7.    Indian IT workforce will shift from permanent job to contractual jobs like in USA.

8.    Developing countries will swept by telecom revelation like India in previous decade.

9.    Artificial intelligence will be new playground of software developers.

10.  Outsoucing of IT industry will change from India focused to 2I + 1 (2 location in India and one elsewhere).

11.  Digital currencies will impact financial markets in big way.

12.  Application will be pervasive in devices and appliances like phones (mobile and fixed line), TVs, automobiles, refrigerators, disk (CD/DVD/BlueRay) players, and any computing device.

13.  Fragmentation of Internet - There will be walls around country or region specific internet.

14.  Rise of china based technology companies.

Top Trends of 2015

Internet of things will start to emerge.

2.    Tablet and Smart phone will keep on merging into one device in developing markets.

3.    Consumers will further loose control on personal data. Advertisers will follow you from one device to another (Phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, smart glasses, etc.). Bye bye privacy.

4.    Bigdata, HTML5, Java Script, CSS experts will be in great demand.

5.    Android will further penetrate into automobile market as entertainment and controlling hub.

6.    Private Cloud will gain currency will ultra large (e.g. Wallmart), financial institutions (Banks, Insurance, etc.), security and privacy conscious industry (defense contractors, etc.).

7.    Big Data and Social networking Analysis will rise further.

8.    Spatial gesture sensitive and voice controlled devices will rise further.

9.    BYOD will gain further momentum

10. Jobs will keep on shifting from Hardware to Software.

11. Wearable computers will emerge stronger.

12. Mobile payment will rise further