We live in a tremendously changing society, where technology and digital technologies are transforming more and more rapidly to adapt to the needs and tastes of an ever-evolving world. Digital transformation is undoubtedly a fact. The technology does not expire, it is transformed to continue to offer us spectacular advances and that they can change the way we work, interact, and eventually live, one way or another. The next decade will be marked, to great surprise, by 10 key trends, as the latest McKinsey Digital report highlights. Some trends that help them be more competitive in the organization environment and invest more in a transformation that is as realistic as necessary. It is not dystopian news or utopian and unreal technology that companies could not take over. If not the trends that monopolize the largest number of patents today and offer companies the best guarantees on how to face a future full of challenges and uncertainties, albeit with the best tools.

1. Automation and virtualization

The numbers speak for themselves. It is estimated that in just over two years, by 2025, around 50,000,000,000 devices will be connected to the so-called Internet of Things (IIoT), which will generate 79.4 zetabytes of data per year, that’s nothing. Automation will be constant in companies and the spread of robots will continue to riseIn fact, 450,000 companies are expected to manufacture industrial robots this year, rising to 600,000 in 2022. In 2030, forecasts are clear: 10% of production processes will be performed by robots and no industry will be simple.

Self-learning (as well as quickly reconfigurable) robots will help control the automation of physical processes, which will help gradually reduce the need for manpower to perform them. This will mean a new political and business debate on relocation and that he can cooperate with the machine in other tasks.

For their part, everything will be much more virtual, where 3D and 4D will continue to move. Or the same is true, in a world that is already characterized by ever shorter product and service life cycles, it will continue to accelerate.

2. Breakthrough in connectivity

Over the next decade, we will continue to be more and better connected than ever before. This trend involves two concepts that will live closer together: fifth-generation (5G) mobile broadband on the one hand and the Internet of Things (IoT) on the other. The aim is to achieve faster connections even at kilometers, download even faster and in less time. While increased network availability and capacity will lead to far-reaching changes in the business sector, from further digitization of production through wireless control of mobile tools, machines and robots to decentralized power supply and remote patient monitoring.

In fact, it is estimated that increased connectivity in only four sectors, namely mobility, manufacturing, retail and healthcare, could increase global GDP from $ 1.2 trillion to $ 2 trillion by 2030.

3. Better and faster business infrastructure

There is no doubt that the business world will benefit greatly from these trends in technology that will mean the next decade. A clear commitment to working in the cloud or in the cloud will help them consume less resources but more data, and work in a much more agile and decentralized way.

Improving the know-how of organizations will be a reality. Also improved decision-making, better data collection and, in a much clearer way, more control and access to information … all this will help simplify the company, save costs and be more secure.

Companies will be more committed to hybrid management tools and processes and cloud service platforms, open storage and enterprise software as a service (SaaS) providers.

4. New generation of computer technology

Maybe these are two concepts that you are not yet fully familiar with, but in the next decade it will be a decade of universalization of quantum computers and neuromorphic computersThe latter includes something that has recently become very fashionable due to the lack of existing supplies: microchips, although this time called ASICs, application-specific integrated circuits.

Next-generation computing will be very useful for businesses. For example, it will help reduce the development time of chemical and pharmaceutical products through simulations, speed up the production of autonomous vehicles with quantum artificial intelligence, or transform cyber security while reducing hardware costs. Companies that produce materials, chemical products and pharmaceuticals benefit the most. or personalized products such as pharmaceuticals.

5. Applied artificial intelligence

This trend is focused on the implementation of AI or artificial intelligence algorithms to train machines capable of recognizing, interpreting and acting on patterns. Or what is the same thing, to help the computers we use give better and more meaning to the data, including videos and pictures but also text – through programming in NLP or natural language – and audio – voice technology –

The goal is for companies to improve their customer service and relationships through simpler and more useful interfaces, which helps increase productivity and reduce operating costs. And it is so that, according to the predictions of how artificial intelligence is working more and more in this direction, Companies will be able to eliminate repetitive tasks and offer much more personalized services.

6. What will be the programming of the future

In this sense, we must consider a concept that will be as popularized, modernized and universalized as possible in the next decade: software 2.0. Programmers will replace neural networks that use machine learning to develop software.

Software 2.0 promises to speed up very complex use cases, such as programming for autonomous vehicles. At the same time, it will provide organizations with a much simpler, interactive and intuitive way to customize existing code, as well as automate programming tasks.

7. Trust architecture and data protection

One of the future challenges we all have, but especially companies, is data protection. To this end, technologies such as the “trust architecture” are gaining ground, which will gain enormous importance in the next decade. The McKinsey Digital study points out that in 2019 alone, 8.5 billion data records were compromised worldwide. Technological sophistication is growing, yes, but so are cyber attacks.

API, applications, networks, devices… we constantly share data. Therefore, these trust architectures or trust architectures will offer – at least it is their duty – greater security for companies and users. For that, bets on the inclusion of distributed accounting technologies (DLTs) such as blockchain. In the background is also the risk of violations of regulations and fines, which could mean high repair costs for companies. The trust architecture will also focus its efforts on developing more profitable and secure systems of capital transactions between buyers and sellers.

8. Welcome to the biological revolution

Life sciences will experience a historic change in the next decade thanks to its combination and the possibilities it offers its applications in other areas such as computer technology, artificial intelligence and automation. Specifically, it will be a biorevolution that will enjoy the greatest changes and greater evolution, which will also have a direct impact on everyone’s life:

This will affect health and agricultural companies, but also companies producing consumer goods, energy and materials. We should not even take our eyes off molecular technology, which has already been consolidated as the most avant-garde biological science.

And this is how biological innovations permeate industries such as food, consumer health and materials, will generate higher margins in exchange for more personalization by consumers and patients. This will help discover new markets, such as genetic nutrition recommendations, hyperpersonalized medicine and accelerated vaccine development.

9. New generation materials

In a world that lives with anxiety, the problem of supplying – and depleting – raw materials, Science will help bring new materials to the table that will greatly help a large number of industries. We are talking about graphene and 2-D materials, molybdenum disulphide nanoparticles, nanomaterials … the latter, for example, help to improve the safety and aerodynamics of cars, produce better chip production methods and transfer and store more efficient energy sources, among other benefits.

In short, a wide range of smart and lightweight materials that enable new features and improved performance in industries such as pharmaceuticals, energy, transportation, healthcare, semiconductors and manufacturing. In addition, they have a lower environmental impact and will support the development of more sustainable economies.

10. Clean technologies

We need a cleaner and more sustainable world. We need to leave a much more habitable planet for new generations, so we need to bet on clean technologies. And what do we mean? Intelligent energy distribution systems, energy storage systems, carbon neutral energy production and fusion energy will be expanded in the next decade.

New technologies that will be widely used in renewable energies, such as solar photovoltaics, solar thermal and wind energy, clean coal…, as well as smart grid generation and metering technologies, energy storage solutions, sophisticated energy efficiency products and waste conversion options. energy.

Ten trends in technology that will mean the next decade and that They will all have a common goal: to make companies and organizations more competitive, able to take advantage of the latest generation of technological advances and implement new services and products that make their companies, better managed environments, more attractive and, of course, more competitive.