AI, 5G Challenge IoT on CompTIA's Opportunity-Rich Emerging Tech List

CompTIA's Emerging Technology Community (ETC), for the second year, has compiled its Top 10 Emerging Technologies list of those technologies most likely to generate immediate opportunities for partners and those working in the business of technology. Once again, the internet of things snagged the No. 1 spot. The Top 10 emerging technologies are: IoT, AI, 5G, serverless computing, blockchain, robotics, biometrics, 3-D printing, virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) and drones. A cursory comparison of the 2019 and 2018 Top 10 lists indicates a shuffling in the ranks of artificial intelligence, 5G, blockchain, biometrics, virtual reality/augmented technology and drones; some new entrants such as serverless computing and robotics; and the disappearance of others, such as automation and quantum computing. "We saw the internet of things as continuing to be not only the biggest opportunity, but a lot of near-term opportunity," Michael Haines, chair of the Emerging Technology Community, and director of worldwide partner incentive strategy at Microsoft, told Channel Futures.