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The Top Trends in Tech

Which technologies have the most momentum in an accelerating world? McKinsey has identified the trends that matter most.

As all things digital continue to accelerate, which technology trends matter most for companies and executives? To answer that question, McKinsey has developed a unique methodology to identify the ten trends most relevant to competitive advantage and technology investments.

These trends may not represent the coolest, most bleeding-edge technologies. But they’re the ones drawing the most venture money, producing the most patent filings, and generating the biggest implications for how and where to compete and the capabilities you need to accelerate performance.

Unifying and underlying them all is the combinatorial effect of massively faster computation propelling new convergences between technologies; startling breakthroughs in health and materials sciences; an array of new product and service functionalities; and a strong foundation for the reinvention of companies, markets, industries, and sectors.