Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2021 Americas: Day 2 Highlights

October 19, 2021

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2021 Americas: Day 2 Highlights

We are bringing you news and highlights from Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo, taking place this week virtually in the Americas. Below is a collection of the key announcements and insights coming out of the conference. You can read the highlights from Day 1 here.

On Day 2 from the conference, we are highlighting the Gartner Top Strategic Predictions for 2022 and Beyond, what to look out for in the future of work, and how CIOs can navigate the hype surrounding quantum computing. Be sure to check this page throughout the day for updates.

Key Announcements

• Gartner Identifies Three Key Focus Areas for CIOs to Drive Value
• Gartner Identifies the Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2022
• Gartner Survey of Over 2,000 CIOs Reveals the Need for Enterprises to Embrace Business Composability in 2022
• Gartner Unveils Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users in 2022 and Beyond

Signature Series: Gartner's Top Strategic Predictions for 2022 and Beyond − Leveraging What We Have Learned

Presented by Daryl Plummer, Distinguished VP Analyst and Gartner Fellow

The lesson of the pandemic has been to expect the unexpected and be prepared to move in multiple strategic directions at once. In his session, Daryl Plummer, Distinguished VP Analyst and Gartner Fellow, explored the Gartner top strategic predictions for 2022 and beyond, highlighting the lessons that business and IT leaders have learned during ongoing disruption and uncertainty.

Daryl Plummer, Distinguished VP Analyst and Gartner Fellow, presented at IT Symposium/Xpo Americas 2021 on Gartner's top strategic predictions for IT organizations and users in 2022 and beyond.

Here are the ten predictions that leverage the lessons learned during the pandemic and look forward to how our world will change in the years to come, according to Gartner.

Daryl Plummer, Distinguished VP Analyst and Gartner Fellow discussed how what we have learned during the pandemic is centered around three key themes: human centricity, encouraging resilience and reaching beyond.

Key Takeaways

• By 2024, 40% of consumers will trick behavior tracking metrics to intentionally devalue the personal data collected about them, making it difficult to monetize. "Consumers are withholding or providing false data to trick these systems, so that we get what we want, rather than just companies getting what they want."

• By 2024, 30% of corporate teams will be without a boss due to the self-directed and hybrid nature of work. "Work is becoming much more remote, teams are becoming much more autonomous and the idea of a boss is becoming less helpful."

• By 2025, synthetic data will reduce personal customer data collection, avoiding 70% of privacy violation sanctions. "Synthetic data can create patterns of information that doesn't require looking at any given individual's information."

• By 2024, a cyberattack will so damage critical infrastructure that a member of the G20 will reciprocate with a declared physical attack. "Cyberattacks are increasing, the impact per attack is growing, and the critical infrastructure is what's being targeted now."

• By 2024, 80% of CIOs surveyed will list modular business redesign, through composability, as a top 5 reason for accelerated business performance. "When we survey CIOs, they tell us that they want to be more agile. To do that, you need to be composable."

  Learn about five additional top predictions in the associated Gartner press release.

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Watch this space for more updates throughout the day.

View coverage from Day 1