3. • Social media. This is growing fast and with targeted marketing the importance will grow
significantly.
• Blockchain technology application. There is no limit to number of applications based on
blockchain. The technology, which bases on the essence of trust and transparency will outpeform
conventional internet. It will be used in the spheres of finance at larger scales, but will also derive
larger potential in big data management. New ecosystems will emerge on national and regional
levels. Interestingly, blockchain does not need new physical infrastructure, and will grow on
existing calculating potential.
• AI. This is inevitable, that machine intelligence will grow. With the pace of development today, AI
will dominate technology progress significantly. This is particularly interesting in the spheres of
data-management, where current computing capacity does not meet
the needs.
• Psychology and people management, soft skills. With number of jobs
cut in face of technology advances, soft skills will be in highest need.
Trends in 10 years time
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