What is the Gartner Hype Cycle?
What is the Gartner Hype Cycle?
This Hype Cycle brings together the most significant technologies from across Gartner’s research areas. It provides insight into emerging technologies that have broad, cross-industry relevance, and are transformational and high-impact in potential.
What is the hype cycle for emerging technologies 2021?
The Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2021 is just one of over 90 Gartner Hype Cycles covering a wide range of innovations, technologies, business trends and key vertical industries. This research is part of the Gartner Special Report “2021 Hype Cycles: Innovating Delivery Through Trust, Growth and Change.”
What are Gartner’s key emerging technologies for 2021?
STAMFORD, Conn., August 23, 2021 Gartner Identifies Key Emerging Technologies Spurring Innovation Through Trust, Growth and Change NFT, Quantum ML, Generative AI, Homomorphic Encryption and Composable Applications and Networks Among Key Technologies to Watch
What is the hype cycle and why does it matter?
“Leading organizations will lean on the emerging technologies in this year’s Hype Cycle to build trust and new growth opportunities against a background of continued strategic change and economic uncertainty.”
This Hype Cycle brings together the most significant technologies from across Gartner’s research areas. It provides insight into emerging technologies that have broad, cross-industry relevance, and are transformational and high impact in potential.
Can hype cycles predict the future of innovation?
However, single-topic Hype Cycles can be useful for predicting the future path of an innovation. One notable example was the e-business Hype Cycle published in 1999, which accurately predicted the dot-com bust of 2001 and the eventual emergence of e-business as “business as usual.” The vertical axis is labeled “expectations.”
Is mesh networking at the peak of its hype curve?
Therefore, even when mesh networking is at the peak of its hype curve, it may still receive less overall “hype volume” than cloud computing or media tablets. The Hype Cycle ends at the start of the Plateau of Productivity, where mainstream adoption of the innovation surges.
What is the vertical axis of the hype cycle curve?
The vertical axis is labeled “expectations.” The distinctive vertical shape of the Hype Cycle curve shows how expectations surge and contract over time as an innovation progresses, based on the marketplace’s assessment of its future expected value. Originally, the vertical axis was labeled “visibility,” but we changed this in 2009.
