Data Center - Gartner highlights key 2018 technology trends

"There are key trends the enterprise cannot afford to ignore," said David W. Cearley, vice president and Gartner fellow in a video previewing Gartner's CIO Symposium and ITxpo. "They have significant potential for impact and disruption on enterprises over the next five years." Gartner has outlined three buckets of 2018 technology trends and their characteristics. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are seeping into virtually every technology to enable systems that are self-educating, self-healing, dynamic and proactive. "Artificial intelligence and machine learning are increasingly a foundation component of all apps, and all of the services and all the things in our world around us," Cearley said.