Gartner's Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2021

Gartner's list of the most comprehensive trends that CIOs and other senior executives should be paying attention to for 2021 includes "people-centricity," location independence, and resilient delivery. At its IT Symposium/Xpo conference every year, Gartner produces one of the most comprehensive lists of the trends that CIOs and other senior executives should be paying attention to. This year, Gartner vice president Brian Burke presented the Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2021, grouping the main trends into "people centricity," "location independence," and "resilient delivery." People centricity carries over from last year's list but you can certainly see the increased emphasis on location independence and resilient delivery as a reaction to the pandemic, something no one saw a year ago. Burke said 2020 has seen huge upheaval driven by of the pandemic and its related economic impacts, and this sets the stage for a major change in the IT landscape.