{"id":282881,"date":"2018-11-01T09:15:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=282881"},"modified":"2018-11-01T09:21:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:21:22","slug":"dimension-data-outlines-its-forecast-for-2019-tech-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/282881-dimension-data-outlines-its-forecast-for-2019-tech-trends.html","title":{"rendered":"Dimension Data outlines its forecast for 2019 tech trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dimension Data has released its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimensiondata.com\/en\/insights\/technology-trends?utm_source=PressRelease&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_campaign=TechTrends2019&amp;utm_content=TechnologyTrendsIn2019Ebook&amp;campaignID=701D0000001W5Of\"><strong>Tech Trends 2019 report<\/strong><\/a>, which outlines industry trends it believes will define the business technology landscape next year.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by a team of Dimension Data technology experts, it covers a variety of business technology areas including cybersecurity, services, customer experience, and digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Until now, our industry has spoken about innovative technologies somewhat theoretically,&#8221; said group CTO Ettienne Reinecke.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s starting to change. The application of disruptive technologies is becoming more pervasive and their adoption is growing steadily,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;2019 is the year that trailblazers will pull away from fast-followers and we start to see significant power shifts across industries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Key trends identified by the report include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Robotic process automation<\/strong> &#8211; including machine learning, AI, and heuristic neural networks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cloud-based cybersecurity<\/strong> &#8211; built with open APIs, which allows faster and simpler technology integration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intelligent and customised applications<\/strong> &#8211; they will gather input and change their own functionality accordingly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the full report <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimensiondata.com\/en\/insights\/technology-trends?utm_source=PressRelease&amp;utm_medium=Referral&amp;utm_campaign=TechTrends2019&amp;utm_content=TechnologyTrendsIn2019Ebook&amp;campaignID=701D0000001W5Of\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/281933-naspers-commits-r4-6-billion-to-funding-technology-businesses-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Naspers commits R4.6 billion to funding technology businesses in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimension Data has released its Tech Trends 2019 report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341039,"featured_media":168495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[15227,1691,3332],"class_list":["post-282881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-cybersecurity","tag-dimension-data","tag-technology-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282889,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282881\/revisions\/282889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}