One of those emerging technologies is the concept of Sovereign Cloud, which Gartner believes is currently at the very start of the hype cycle. One of Gartner’s most widely recognised instruments for analysing the impact of technology – the Hype Cycle – charts the growth of a technology from the Innovation Trigger, through the Trough of Disillusionment, and hopefully to the eventual Plateau of Productivity.
GARTNER HYPE CYCLE CLOUD COMPUTING FULL
(The full report is behind Gartner’s paywall, but this press release gives a good overview.) Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2021 report provides a useful heads-up on a variety of technologies which the analyst group believes will provide a degree of competitive advantage over the next five-to-ten years. Unfortunately, while the cloud giants have delivered on much of that promise, national borders and sovereignty issues are proving to be frustratingly resilient. Cloud technologies – and public cloud in particular – offer the promise of ubiquitous IT services unencumbered by the specificities of physical infrastructure, or the machinations of national identity or geographic boundaries. National CloudsĪnalyst group Gartner recently highlighted a similar challenge being faced by large cloud services providers.
GARTNER HYPE CYCLE CLOUD COMPUTING DRIVERS
Plans to create a virtual workforce of self-employed drivers have also come face-to-face with the realities of employment law. From demonstrations of aggrieved taxi-drivers, to outright bans in some cities. True, a lot of headway has been made, but ridesharing app companies have also faced a lot of roadblocks – both figuratively and literally. The mission of ridesharing companies is to revolutionize urban transport for the betterment of all – unless, that is, if you happen to be deeply invested in the existing taxi industry, for example. The intangible future collides with the very tangible present and the status quo usually likes to do some disrupting back.
However, while change may be inevitable, invariably it is not pretty: often the disrupted party refuses to go quietly. Gartner has published its latest Hype Cycle on emerging technologies which includes the emergence of so-called Sovereign Clouds – the result of a collision between technological promise and geopolitical reality.ĭisruptive technologies, by their very nature, are intended to upend the existing status quo.ĭigital cameras have usurped traditional film and electric vehicles will eventually do the same to the combustion engine.
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