Tech in 2023: We've analysed the data, and here's what's really going to matter

Such exercises are always interesting but also inherently risky – particularly in uncertain times such as those we have recently experienced and continue to live through. Learn about the leading tech trends the world will lean into over the next 12 months and how they will affect your life and your job. For example, few at the end of 2019 would have forecast that the world of work would be turned upside down during the following year by a global pandemic, leading to an unprecedented focus on devices and services that facilitated remote working, and ushering in a likely permanent shift to a hybrid model. Then, just as economies were adjusting to and recovering from the pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 caused a sharp rise in energy prices, increased inflation, supply chain issues and fears of widespread recession. This series of shocks has profound implications for the IT industry that look set to continue through 2023 and beyond.