Top 5 Trending Technologies in 2020
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3 min readOct 17, 2020
Technology is an ever-changing playing field and those wanting to remain at the helm of innovation have to adapt. The consumer journey is charting a new course and customers and companies alike are embracing emerging technologies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI):
- In 2020, AI will move from the hyped state to practical usage and value, as corporations begin to harness its power.
- Data for AI will be a major theme throughout 2020, from new techniques that train AI on fewer data to data privacy protections gaining traction.
- AI is everywhere today, from your smartphones to your cars to your home to your banking establishment. It is the new normal, something the world cannot do without.
Blockchain:
- Blockchain technology came into inception when Satoshi Nakamoto (an unidentified individual or a group) submitted a paper based on his research to introduce bitcoin as a digital currency. During its early days, blockchain was considered to only be a part of the bitcoin currency. With time, blockchain found its applications apart from bitcoin and entered industries where this technology could make a difference.
- Blockchain is the tech that powers bitcoins, the whole new parallel currency that has taken over the world.
- Interestingly, blockchain as a technology has far-reaching potential in everything from healthcare to elections to real estate to law enforcement.
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality:
- VR and AR, the twin technologies that let you experience things in virtual, that are extremely close to real, are today being used by businesses of all sizes and shapes. But the underlying technology can be quite complex.
- Medical students use AR technology to practice surgery in a controlled environment.
- VR on the other hand opens up newer avenues for gaming and interactive marketing.
Cognitive Cloud Computing:
- Cognitive Cloud is an extended ecosystem of traditional Cloud and Cognitive Computing.
- It’s due to this, you can create Cognitive Computing applications and bring to the masses through cloud deployments. Cognitive computing is considered as the next big evolution in the IT industry.
- Cognitive Computing focuses on mimicking human behavior and reasoning to solve complex problems. Cognitive Computing tries to replicate how humans would solve problems
Angular and React:
- Angular and React are JavaScript based Frameworks for creating modern web applications.
- Using React and Angular one can create a highly modular web app. So, you don’t need to go through a lot of changes in your codebase for adding a new feature.
- Angular and React also allows you to create a native mobile application with the same JS, CSS & HTML knowledge.