Gartner, a world-renowned consulting firm, recently released the top 10 strategic technology trends for 2025. These trends cover multiple fields such as artificial intelligence, computing, and human-computer interaction, providing an important reference for the future development of enterprises. Gartner believes that these technology trends will have a profound impact on the growth of enterprises, and IT leaders need to pay close attention and actively respond to them. Gene Alvarez, Distinguished Vice President Analyst at Gartner, said, "This year's strategic technology trends focus on the necessity and risks of artificial intelligence, the new frontiers of computing, and human-machine collaboration. Tracking these trends will help IT leaders shape the future of their organizations through responsible and ethical innovation.”
The most important strategic technology trends for 2025 include:
Agentic AI
Agentic AI is no longer just about executing instructions, but is able to plan and act autonomously to achieve the goals set by the user. This will give rise to a virtual workforce that will free humans from tedious work and focus on more creative tasks. It is expected that by 2028, at least 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously by Agentic AI, compared to 0% in 2024. This technology is expected to elevate CIOs' productivity goals within their organizations, driving businesses and suppliers to explore the necessary technologies and practices.
AI governance platform
With the popularization of AI applications, how to ensure the fairness, transparency, and explainability of AI is becoming more and more important. The AI governance platform will help enterprises establish a complete AI governance system and reduce the risks brought by AI. The AI Governance Platform is part of Gartner's evolving AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (TRiSM) framework to help organizations manage the legal, ethical, and operational performance of AI systems. By 2028, organizations that implement a comprehensive AI governance platform will have a 40% reduction in AI-related ethics incidents.
Disinformation Security
This emerging technology works to systematically identify trust, ensure the integrity of information, authenticity, and prevent impersonation. By 2028, 50% of businesses are expected to adopt products designed specifically for disinformation security, up from less than 5% today.
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Post-quantum cryptography
With the development of quantum computing, traditional cryptography will face challenges. Gartner predicts that by 2029, advances in quantum computing will make most traditional asymmetric cryptography insecure, so organizations need to prepare for data protection in advance.
Environmental Stealth Intelligence
With ultra-low-cost, small, smart tags and sensors, environmental stealth intelligence will provide large-scale, cost-effective tracking and perception. By 2027, its early examples will focus on solving urgent problems such as retail inventory checks and logistics of perishable goods.
Energy saving calculations
Sustainability will be a major concern for IT organizations. It is expected that by the end of the 2020s, a variety of new computing technologies will emerge that will significantly reduce energy consumption, especially for compute-intensive applications such as AI training.
Hybrid computing
This emerging computing paradigm combines multiple compute, storage, and networking mechanisms to help organizations push the boundaries of current technologies and drive innovation.
Spatial calculations
Spatial computing combines the physical and digital worlds through augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. The use of this technology will improve organizational efficiency over the next five to seven years.
Versatile robots
A new generation of multifunctional robots can perform multiple tasks and improve productivity. It is estimated that by 2030, 80% of humans will interact with intelligent robots, up from less than 10% today.
Nerve enhancement
This technology boosts human cognition by reading and decoding brain activity. It is expected that by 2030, 30% of knowledge workers will rely on technologies such as two-way brain-computer interfaces (BBMI) to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence.
Related：https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/insights/top-technology-trends
