| |February 20238TOP EIGHT TECH TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2023By Thompson P. Gnanam, MD & Global CEO, 3i InfotechThompson is a a computer science engineer from the College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai, with an overall experience of 27+ years in the IT, ITES, and Telecom industry.s another eventful year comes to an end, we look to what the year 2023 holds for us. While the macroeconom-ic issues facing the globe are of worry, not all is gloom and there are upsides too, especially around technology. The tech landscape has interesting developments simmer-ing which promise to become mainstay in the coming future. Let's delve on the top 8 such trends. 1. Massive growth in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) We are increasingly using a tag line ­ `Orchestration of Digital Transformation at Edge'. This tagline is be-ing validated by the trends in 2023 with `Everything moving to cloud, and Digitalization penetrating deep-er into Enterprises & everything at Edge'. Edge com-puting is a new approach to processing data in which operations do not take place within a data centre. In-stead, computation and storage occur within localized devices at or near the network's edge. Edge computing will become very popular in 2023 as companies contin-ue their digital transformations and move their data centres to the cloud and then work to ensure their net-works are secure. Some experts are expecting to see a big increase in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), as at least 40 percent of companies will look to employ this to secure their networks next year. When cybercrimi-nals do their business next year, many experts will tell you that the threat could have been minimized if only the victims had understood the power of the Edge.1. Adoption of Web 3.0A trend that has already begun taking shape is block chain technology powering the adoption of Web 3.0 (aka Web3). Applications requiring transparent and decentralized compute and storage of data in indus-tries benefiting most will start mushrooming. 2. EdTech is here to Stay Supporting Long/Short-Term and Hybrid DeliveryIn the field of EdTech 2023, post pandemic most uni-versities are looking to join the bandwagon of online delivery of courses. While many are floating short term online courses, even the long-term course de-livery is also going hybrid. EdTech would support and enable universities to manage these hybrids and short-term online courses. Universities would be able to launch courses, register students, collect fee, deliver course content, conduct assessments and give certifi-AExpert OpinionThompson P. Gnanam, MD & Global CEO
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