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Sandboxing Into the Future – Decoding Technology’s Biggest Bets

Emerging technologies are redefining the digital universe and are becoming a business imperative for companies worldwide. NASSCOM and BCG have jointly conducted research and developed perspectives on the biggest bets in technologies that can potentially disrupt markets in the next 3-5 years – across regions and verticals – on the basis of current tech spending, growth potential, innovation maturity, and funding momentum. Of 28 technologies across 11 tech families, 12 such “big bet” technologies have been identified.

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Key Findings

Technologies of the Future

  • Global market comprises of technologies at varying levels of maturity, reflecting differentiated momentum
  • Three key vectors of enterprise IT spending, private investments & innovation/R&D, drive the differentiation
  • 12 technologies emerge with high funding momentum and R&D focus, and are expected to disrupt the market over the next 3-5 years
Regional and Vertical Technology Focus

  • Certain verticals demonstrate higher adoption of technologies that themselves have a cross-vertical adoption trends, such as autonomous analytics 
  • Customized use-cases are a key factor driving the adoption of vertical-focused technology disruption
  • Regional focus areas vary significantly, from autonomous driving for North America, to 5G/6G and smart robots in APAC
Buyer’s Perspectives

  • Buyers expect the share of emerging technologies in IT budgets to grow 3x over medium to long term, driven by increased focus on innovation and higher efficiency of these technologies
  • Technologies that are attracting more investments are the ones where buyers are beginning to see enterprise-wide use cases come to life
  • While large buyers are concentrating on a mix of technologies, smaller buyers are being selective, prioritizing niche tech
Technology Industry Leaders’ Perspectives

  • Indian & Global tech firms highlighted differing priorities, with focus on a mix of broad-based and niche-focus technologies
  • Large tech firms are diversifying bets by focusing both on technologies with defined use cases, as well as, nascent technologies, to gain leadership position ·
  • Mid-size firms and digital firms are being selective on big bets, either focusing on few niche areas or going deep in select technologies to increase their chances of winning

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