{"id":1124,"date":"2017-12-14T07:13:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T07:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/article\/top-technology-predictions-2018\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T07:13:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T07:13:02","slug":"top-technology-predictions-2018","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/articles\/top-technology-predictions-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The now, near and next of the global technology sector in 2018."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Per Roman Managing Partner, and Alec Dafferner, Partner, commented: \u201cThe technology industry is a beacon of optimism, innovation, and change. While wider economic and political uncertainties persist, this research demonstrates the vast potential of digital technologies to deliver long-term growth and impact, and we believe the ambition and vision of entrepreneurs will underpin a vibrant digital economy in 2018.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>GP Bullhound\u2019s Top Technology Predictions for 2018 include:<\/p>\n<p>1. Tech giants face political scrutiny<br \/>\n2. Consumer cyber security becomes number one issue<br \/>\n3. Mobile usage will exceed TV in China<br \/>\n4. Language recognition and translation becomes everyday<br \/>\n5. The death of email<br \/>\n6. International labour arbitrage flourishes<br \/>\n7. Organic expansion and consolidation of software sector<br \/>\n8. Industry 4.0 \u2013 Digital transformation and manufacturing<br \/>\n9. The rise of Blockchain and ICOs<br \/>\n10. Augmented reality breaks through<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1125,"template":"","categories":[50],"sector":[33,34,35,36,37],"region":[43],"class_list":["post-1124","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","sector-digital-commerce","sector-digital-media","sector-digital-services","sector-fintech","sector-software","region-global"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpbullhound.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}