#Trends for 2017
##Intelligence
- AI / AML
- Artificial Intelligence became a large discussion point in 2016. This lead way to thoughts on interaction with customers to projects like AlphaGo (Magister). This is something that will push the future of technology into new limitless bounds.
- Intelligent Things
- We're getting to the point of having intelligent homes, devices and everything under the sun. However they still primarily work individually. We need better integrations and understanding between vendors.
##Digital
- Blockchain
- FinTech is the growing lifeblood of a new future where we break the processes of the past to carve the new.
- Bitcoin grew massive attention in 2015 as it should, but with such a growth there is a dire need for standards and regulations
- With such a large group backing R3 and further changes, we'll have a higher chance to standardize and grow this market
- Digital Twin
- This is the current potential unicorn of the future. Being able to digitize yourself to the extent of replication is the goal for being able to handle the growing systems of today.
- Reality Shifts
- With the craze of VR and AR (Pokemon) there is a large expectation for this to hit again in 2017.
##Mesh
- Conversational Systems
- We're no longer impressed by Siri or Cortana. We want our devices to talk to each other. We've seen early adopters using Alexa and Google Home. This is going to be the turning point for most IoT when they no longer work as a singularity.
- Transformations
- Every organization will have some mix of five digital technology platforms: Information systems, customer experience, analytics and intelligence, the Internet of Things and business ecosystems. In particular new platforms and services for IoT, AI and conversational systems will be a key focus through 2020.
- Adaptive Security
- With more and more devices being created all companies are needing to updatable in many ways. We want our information when we want it and do not think about what is required. So being able to have IoTs and automation comes at a cost. This is where companies are really needing to focus on to make sure that your wearables, devices and data are protected. (reference bank outage due to IoT device doing DDoS)