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Heavily hyped new technologies like 5G wearables, quantum computing,
and self-driving trucks will not gain any significant market traction in 2020,
according to a forecast from market analysis firm ABI Research. “Despite
numerous headlines declaring the arrival of driverless, self-driving, or
robot vehicles, very little, if any, driver-free commercial usage is underway
beyond closed-course operations in the United States,” Susan Beardslee,
ABI’s freight transportation and logistics principal analyst, said in a release.
In a new white paper titled
54 Technology Trends to Watch in 2020,
ABI Research’s analysts identified 35 trends that will shape the technology market and 19 others that, although attracting enormous amounts of
attention, look less likely to move the needle over the next 12 months. The
latter include the consolidation of the Internet of Things (IoT) platform
sector, edge computing’s overtaking the cloud-computing model, and the
emergence of television sets with 8K screen resolution, according to the
London-based technology research firm.
“After a tumultuous 2019 that was beset by many challenges, both integral to technology markets and derived from global market dynamics, 2020
looks set to be equally challenging,” Stuart Carlaw, ABI’s chief research
officer, said in the release. “Knowing what won’t happen in technology
in the next year is important for end-users, implementors, and vendors to
properly place their investments or focus their strategies.” ;
Some tech hype will miss the mark in 2020, ABI says
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