Top Ten Technology Trends For 2022

Observing technology trends by analysts, research companies, and thought leaders provides a broader perspective. It not only helps software architects to understand the impact of technologies being adopted but also helps them build the right skill-set for themselves or their team. This article synthesizes the top ten technology trends for 2022 and beyond based on broader research.

#1 — Artificial Intelligence Platforms

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have reached mainstream adoption and the next wave is to automate associated operations.
• AI engineering practices will be a differentiator with practices such as AIOps, MLOps, DataOps — extending the DevOps culture to Artificial Intelligence.
• Companies will either custom-build AI Platforms using Cloud-native services or use AI Platforms such as Dataiku, Amazon Sagemaker, Azure AI, Google Vertex AI, DataRobot, IBM Watson, H2O.ai, and many more.
• AI will continue to get democratized and be more accessible to the wider community — not just data scientists but also to application architects, solution architects, developers, business architects, and product managers.

Forrester predicts that The AI Software Market Will Grow To $37 Billion Globally By 2025.

#2 — Cloud-Native Platforms

• The lift-and-shift cloud migrations have been the initial strategy but the long-term strategic…