Top 5 Strategic technology trends to follow in 2021

If there is one thing that 2020 taught us, forecasting which strategic technology trends would define the next year remains a challenge. Very few would have believed me if it had written that by mid-2020, the majority of organizations would work from home. Nevertheless, there is a massive increase in electronic employees due to the pandemic. Lastly, with the Web of Things ongoing to grow, the particular edge computing market will develop to $9 billion by 2024.

First of all, 5G did indeed go mainstream, with most smartphone producers now having released a 5G phone. According to a recent Huawei conference, there are already 130 million 5G users. Many organizations experiment with private 5G networks, and Verizon even launched a ‘Private 5G Networking-as-a-Service’ solution. Secondly, a few months ago, we saw the launch of the mainnet of Polkadot, and Cosmos has continued to grow.

Many foresee Polkadot, which allows for tailor-made blockchains to connect, as a severe competitor to Ethereum, even with Ethereum 2. 0 now launched.

In 2020, we also noticed increased attention for tokenomics and crypto startups, with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently changing their rules to make it easier for crypto companies to raise funds.

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