Summary: Overarching trend identi昀椀cation Our data revealed a few overarching themes, speci昀椀cally three areas for IT leaders to focus on in the months ahead: Security It touches almost everything and carries with it risks that demand it be prioritized above almost all else. Optimization A priority whether it’s simplifying or reducing manual management or processes, fine-tuning performance, or reducing costs. Edge More things are happening at the edge, which is expanding and presenting additional risk. But decentralizing work- loads saves compute resources and bandwidth, and can create additional value. UPSTACK © The 2024 Technology Trends Report | 11
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