IoT and Automation Top Lists of Key 2020 IT Trends

Three different forecasts of important 2020 information technology trends shows automation and internet of things as common picks. 

source: Forbes

McKinsey’s list of the most-important information technology trends for 2020 includes:

1. “As-a-Service” Consumption for Everything from Software to Hardware. 
2. Mainstream Public Cloud 
3. Increased Use of Open-Source Offerings, Up & Down the Stack 
4. Cybersecurity
5. Mainstream Comfort with “White Box” Hardware 
6. Internet of Things 
7. Shift of the Hardware Infrastructure Market to Asia 
8. DevOps for Software & Hardware 
9. Container-First Architectures 
10. Artificial intelligence & Machine-Learning

The Gartner top 10 trends affecting information technology infrastructure in 2020 include:

1. Automation Strategy Rethink
2. Hybrid IT Versus Disaster Recovery (DR) Confidence
3. Scaling DevOps Agility
4. Infrastructure Is Everywhere — So Is Your Data
5. Overwhelming Impact of IoT
6. Distributed Cloud
7. Immersive Experience
8. Democratization of IT
9. Networking — What’s Next?
10. Hybrid Digital Infrastructure Management (HDIM)

Splunk’s list includes:

1. AI/ML/NLP
2. Blockchain 
3. IoT/5G 
4. Dark Data 
5. IT Security 
6. Social Engineering 
7. Critical Infrastructure 
8. Cloud Security 
9. Threat Intelligence 
10. IT Operations 
11. Automation 
12. UX/Consumerization