As we enter 2019, what stands out is how trends in business and technology are connected by common themes. For example, AI is at the heart of trends in development, data management, and delivery of applications and services at the edge, core, and cloud. Also essential are containerization as a critical enabling technology and the increasing intelligence of IoT devices at the edge. Navigating the tempests of transformation are developers, whose requirements are driving the rapid creation of new paradigms and technologies that they must then master in pursuit of long-term competitive advantage. Here are some of our perspectives and predictions for 2019.

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2019 Perspectives
CONNECTING THEMES
AI is at the heart of development, application and service
delivery, and data management at the edge, core, and cloud.
Containerization is a critical enabling technology.
IoT devices at the edge are increasing in intelligence and ability.
Developers demand rapid innovation in pursuit of long-term
competitive advantage.
Core
Edge Cloud
New dev will start in the clouds
Brand new AI tools and services
will explode
On-prem AI infrastructure
integrated and multi-cloud
AI in the clouds
and on-prem
Multi-cloud
brings choice
Hybrid, multi-cloud the
de facto standard
Larger orgs demand flexibility
and choice
Smaller orgs can enjoy the
simplicity of one provider
Abstraction makes it
“automagic”
Data-centered solution design
Predictive data and
service delivery
Background services
“invisible” to users
Containers: the fun
is just starting
Container-based cloud
orchestration
True hybrid cloud
app development
Increasingly portable workloads
and environments
IoT making
real-time real
Data processing closer
to consumers
Smart devices take on
more decisions
That plus 5G will make
real-time a reality
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