Gartner’s IT Automation Predictions for 2020 announce some interesting trends. We can expect the following automation developments until 2024:
By 2021, over 75% of midsize and large organizations will have adopted a multicloud and/or hybrid IT strategy.
By 2022, public cloud services will be essential for 90% of business innovation.
By 2023, 75% of all databases will be on a cloud platform, reducing the DBMS vendor landscape and increasing complexity for data governance and integration.
Through 2023, computational resources used in AI will increase 5x from 2018, making AI the top category of workloads driving infrastructure decisions.
By 2023, at least 35% of midsize to large enterprises will leverage a hybrid cloud-to-edge computing deployment model for at least one IoT project.
By 2022, more than 50% of enterprise-generated data will be created and processed outside the data center or cloud, up from less than 10% in 2019.
By 2024, at least 50% of enterprise applications in production will be IoT-enabled.
By 2024, 75% of large enterprises will be using at least four low-code development tools for both IT application development and citizen development initiatives.
By 2023, there will be a 30% increase in the use of RPA for front-office functions (sales and customer experience).