Today, NTT Ltd., a leading global IT infrastructure and services company, announced its key technology predictions for 2024. As IT teams start planning for the year ahead and organizations adapt to the impact of Generative AI, a mixture of both new and key trends are set to gain traction across networking, Edge, Private 5G, data centers and cloud.
Shahid Ahmed, Group EVP, New Ventures and Innovation, NTT Ltd., said: “AI Adoption is growing exponentially and with AGI and technological singularity still in the distant future, humans will be a critical part of AI story. Organizations must look beyond the next year to ensure they have the capabilities to enable new technologies of the future and strive to hit sustainability targets.”
NTT Ltd.’s predictions for the upcoming year include ‘Dark NOC’, whereby networking companies will further embed AIOps into their broader operations to improve network quality, support engineers, and modernize infrastructures. Additionally, AI will drive investment in more disruptive energy supplies for data center infrastructure, while sustainability will be integral to all new tech solutions.
Further, optical networking will get closer to mainstream, and IoT ecosystems will boost P5G and Edge adoption. NTT Ltd. also stresses the importance of human skills for the uptake of AI, and the emergence of ‘invisible clouds’.
Commenting on the predictions, Ahmed said: “At NTT Ltd., we are always looking ahead and anticipating the changes and challenges that our clients will face in the future. As we move into 2024, it is imperative for organizations of all sizes to be aware of the trends that will shape the IT landscape of tomorrow, while also ensuring they have the necessary capabilities to enable these technologies.”
NTT Ltd. is a leading IT infrastructure and services company, as part of NTT DATA, a USD 30 billion IT services provider. NTT Ltd. serves 65% of the Fortune Global 500 and more than 75% of the Fortune Global 100, and provides tailored infrastructure and platform-delivered infrastructure services to enable a connected future.
Today, NTT Ltd. revealed its key technology predictions for the upcoming year. With AI Adoption continuing to grow, the company anticipates that ‘Dark NOC’, AI-driven investment in disruptive energy supplies for data centers, the integration of sustainability into all new tech solutions, optical networking getting closer to mainstream, IoT ecosystems boosting P5G and Edge adoption, and the essential need for human skills for the uptake of AI, will all be key trends in 2024.
Shahid Ahmed, Group EVP, New Ventures and Innovation, NTT Ltd., commented: “At NTT Ltd., we are always looking ahead and anticipating the changes and challenges that our clients will face in the future. As we move into 2024, it is imperative for organizations of all sizes to be aware of the trends that will shape the IT landscape of tomorrow, while also ensuring they have the necessary capabilities to enable these technologies.”
