On The Horizon

the ingredients of innovation have never been more accessible, and trying, as users and technology providers work to understand an evergrowing set of building blocks and how the pieces fit to drive digital transformation. Against this backdrop, CompTIA explores the forces shaping the information technology industry, its workforce and its business models in the year ahead

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Today’s world is not by ‘one big thing,’ but rather, the iterative fusion of technology building blocks coupled with a generous helping of people and process. this may entail the stacking of foundational infrastructure and enabling components with emerging general-purpose technologies, such as AI, and then rounded out with data, an ‘as-a-service’ user experience, and business process optimisation.

Today’s Economic infrastructure

There have been many labels for the most recent waves of technology that are redefining business and society, and one of these labels is the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” this suggests not only a drastic change in the way work is done, but a new foundational infrastructure that enables that work. just as previous eras of industry were driven by the creation of railroads, telephone networks and power grids, the modern digital economy rests on a foundation built in three parts.