November 2025

Operationalizing AI

Trends and Technologies to Watch in 2026

2026 will not be about AI hype anymore. It will be about operationalizing AI, tightening governance, and building reliable platforms that ship value faster, while smartly adopting the frameworks and tools that move the needle.

To make that concrete, here are a few resources to help you understand what 2026 will look like.

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Gartner Identifies the Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026

By Matt LoDolce

Gartner announced its list of top strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in 2026:

AI Super Computing Platform: AI supercomputing platforms integrate CPUs, GPUs, AI ASICs, neuromorphic and alternative computing paradigms.
Multiagent Systems: Collections of AI agents that interact to achieve individual or shared complex goals.
Domain-Specific Language Models (DSLMs): Domain-specific language models (DSLMs) provide higher accuracy, lower costs, and better compliance.
AI Security Platforms: A unified way to secure third-party and custom-built AI applications.
AI-Native Development Platforms: Use GenAI to create software faster and easier than was previously possible.
Confidential Computing: Isolating workloads inside hardware-based trusted execution environments (TEEs).
Physical AI: Bring intelligence into machines and devices that sense, decide, and act, such as robots, drones, and smart equipment.
Preemptive Cybersecurity: Defend against threats targeting networks, data, and connected systems.
Digital Provenance: Verifying digital provenance has become essential.
Geopatriation: Moving company data and applications out of global public clouds and into local options.

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Top 10 Technology Trends in 2026 That Will Shape the Next Decade

By Cambridge Open Academy

Here is another list of the top 10 new technology inventions in tech trends poised to dominate 2026:

AI: From Assistants to Augmentation
Smart Cities: Building a Sustainable and Connected Future
Extended Reality (XR): Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Digital Worlds
The Internet of Things (IoT): A Web of Connected Devices
Cybersecurity: Evolving Threats and Solutions
Quantum Computing: Breaking the Computational Barrier
Bioprinting: Revolutionising Medicine and Manufacturing
Hyper Automation: Robots Taking Over Repetitive Tasks
Blockchain: Beyond Cryptocurrency
The Future of Work: Embracing Flexibility and Collaboration

The 7 Cyber Security Trends of 2026 That Everyone Must Be Ready For

By Bernard Marr

Experts say that if cybercrime were a nation in 2026, it would be the world’s third-largest economy, behind the U.S. and China, costing businesses an estimated $20 trillion.

So here are the top trends driving this unprecedented global crime wave over the next 12 months.

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