Game-Changing Digital Technologies to Watch by 2030

Valantic published its The Rise of Applied AI Study Digital 2030 report, which highlights the top digital technology trends that are going to develop till 2030. The report states that AI is going to dominate everything over the next few years, and it's going to impact many fields in the next ten years. According to the report, cybersecurity technologies are going to be very important, with 81% of the corporate decision makers surveyed saying that this field has a lot of opportunities and expectations by 2030. 80% of the corporate decision makers said that cloud computing is going to be very important for a company's success, while 79% named artificial intelligence as an important digital technology needed for a company’s success by 2030.

Digital Technology	Very/Rather Unimportant (%)		Very/Rather Important (%)
Cybersecurity technologies	15		81
Cloud computing	17		80
Artificial intelligence	18		79
Internet of Things	17		78
Wireless technologies	20		77
Robotic Process Automation	19		76
Intelligent robots	23		74
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality	25		72
Green IT	24		71
Quantum Computing	24		70
Digital twin	26		67
Blockchain	28		67
Metaverse	30		66

Even though there is a lot of hype about digital technologies and how much they are going to impact different fields of life, only a few are going to take over pretty much every other field. Cybersecurity technologies are going to be present in every other sector, including healthcare, business and pharma, transportation, production, retail, telecommunication, and utilities. It is followed by cloud computing, which is going to take over transportation, retail & consumer goods, automotives, beverages & food industry, and utilities companies within the next five years.

Artificial intelligence is going to be the third most important digital technology, going to be a priority in all sectors mentioned above, but not as much in utilities companies. The report also stated that the respondents named artificial intelligence the most overrated digital technology for the future. Green IT, Intelligent Robots, Metaverse, and Wireless Technologies are also the digital technologies that the industry experts have considered overrated for the future. The digital technologies that won't be much important in the future are quantum computing, Blockchain, and the Metaverse.

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by Arooj Ahmed via Digital Information World