Gartner: Top strategic technology trends for 2021

Companies need to focus on architecting resilience and accept that disruptive change is the norm, says research firm Gartner, which unveiled its annual look at the top strategic technology trends that organizations need to prepare for in the coming year. Gartner unveiled this year's list at its flagship IT Symposium/Xpo Americas conference, which is being held virtually this year. At the outset of the symposium, it's clear Gartner is expecting human and technology interactions will continue to challenge IT executives as companies weather the COVID-19 upheaval and current economic challenges. "The need for operational resiliency across enterprise functions has never been greater," said Brian Burke, research vice president at Gartner. "As organizations journey from responding to the COVID-19 crisis to driving growth, they must focus on the three main areas that form the themes of this year's trends: people centricity, location independence and resilient delivery," Burke said.