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Gartner’s 2025 Tech Trends: Shaping the Future of Business and Society
Gartner’s recently released Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2025 offers a compelling glimpse into the future of technology and its potential impact on businesses and society. The list, which includes agentic AI, AI governance platforms, disinformation security, postquantum cryptography, and ambient invisible intelligence, among others, reflects the rapidly evolving technological landscape and the challenges organizations face in adapting to these changes.
The inclusion of AI-related trends, such as agentic AI and AI governance platforms, underscores the growing importance of artificial intelligence in business operations. Gartner predicts that “by 2028, at least 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously through agentic AI, up from 0% in 2024.” This shift towards AI-driven decision-making highlights the need for robust governance frameworks to ensure responsible and ethical AI deployment.
The focus on security-related trends, including disinformation security and postquantum cryptography, reflects the increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the need for advanced protection measures. As Gartner notes, “By 2028, 50% of enterprises will begin adopting products, services, or features designed specifically to address disinformation security use cases, up from less than 5% today.”
The inclusion of emerging technologies like spatial computing and polyfunctional robots demonstrates Gartner’s forward-looking approach. These trends have the potential to revolutionize industries and create new business opportunities. For instance, Gartner predicts that “By 2033, spatial computing will grow to $1.7 trillion, up from $110 billion in 2023.”
While the list covers a wide range of technologies, some notable omissions include blockchain and edge computing, which have been prominent in previous years’ trend reports. This could indicate a shift in focus towards more immediate and impactful technologies.
Companies are already beginning to implement some of these technologies, with early adopters gaining competitive advantages. However, the full realization of these trends will likely occur over the next five to ten years, as organizations overcome implementation challenges and regulatory frameworks evolve.
It’s great to see spatial computing and disinformation security included in Gartner’s trends—both feel very timely. What do you think drove the omission of blockchain and edge computing, which were prominent in earlier reports? Is it a sign of their plateau or a focus on more disruptive trends?
Your observation about the inclusion of spatial computing and disinformation security seems right.
These technologies reflect current priorities in the tech landscape.
As for blockchain and edge computing not making the list, probably this is a shift in focus rather than a plateau.
Gartner’s 2025 trends emphasize AI, security, and human-machine interaction, suggesting a prioritization of more immediately impactful technologies.
The ommission ofblockchain and edge computing might be because:
– Maturity: These technologies may have moved past the “hype” phase and are now considered established rather than emerging.
– AI dominance: The rapid advancement of AI technologies, particularly agentic AI, has likely overshadowed other areas.
– Immediate business impact: The selected trends, such as AI governance platforms and disinformation security, address pressing challenges facing organizations today.
– Evolving threat landscape: The inclusion of postquantum cryptography reflects the need to prepare for future security challenges.
Blockchain and edge computing are important, but Gartner’s 2025 trends is focusing on technologies poised for significant near-term disruption and those addressing critical business needs.