Deloitte gives 10 predictions for technology, others in 2017
Deloitte, a global auditing, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, tax and related services management company, has released the 2017 predictions for the Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry.
The predictions, the 16th edition, are its own view of the key developments over the next 12-16 months that are expected to have significant medium to long-term impacts for TMT companies and other industries.
Mark Casey, Global Media & Entertainment, and TMT Africa Leader said: “As the pace of technological change becomes exponentially faster, it is increasingly difficult to identify the major trends that could have profound effects on enterprises and consumers.
To help address this challenge, we’re pleased to offer the 2017 version of Predictions from Deloitte Global, designed to provide insight into what may offer disruption and growth opportunities across the technology, media and telecommunications ecosystems.”
Casey revealed that this year’s 10 Predictions combine Deloitte’s global thinking, original and secondary research, perspectives gained from hundreds of conversations with industry leaders, and the aggregated opinions of tens of thousands of consumers across the globe.
The 10 predictions for 2017, which details can be found on the company’s official website are Prints charming: Biometric security reaches the billions, Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks enter the terabit era, Safety first: the road to self-driving starts with a stop, 5G: a revolution in evolution, even in 2017 and Brains at the edge: machine learning goes mobile.
Others include the great indoors: the final frontier for digital navigation, TV advertising in the US: flat is the new up, Have we reached peak tablet?, Vinyl: the billion-dollar nostalgic cliché and IT-as-a-Service: the half trillion dollar ‘niche.
