Some commentators have argued that the technology industry’s vision of optimism and openness has turned to anxiety and antagonism. From the world’s largest technology companies through to the latest generation of innovators, the role and responsibility of the digital economy has increasingly come under scrutiny in the past year.
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Dealmakers in Technology
Dealmakers in Technology
04 THE VIEW FROM GP BULLHOUND
Per Roman & Alec Dafferner, GP Bullhound
06 RECAP OF GP BULLHOUND'S 2017 PREDICTIONS
08 TECHNOLOGY PREDICTIONS 2018
10 TREND 1: AN UNEASY FUTURE FOR POLITICS AND TECHNOLOGY
12 TREND 2: CYBER SECURITY - EXPOSURE AND ADOPTION
14 EXPERT VIEW
Ben Brabyn, Level39
16 TREND 3: MOBILE TRUMPS TV IN CHINA
18 TREND 4: TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY TAKES HOLD
20 TREND 5: OVER AND OUT, EMAIL
22 TREND 6: INTERNATIONAL LABOR ARBITRAGE FLOURISHES
24 EXPERT VIEW
Utpal Bhatt, Neo4j
26 TREND 7: THE UNLIKELY COMEBACK OF THE SOFTWARE SUITE
28 TREND 8: INDUSTRY 4.0
30 EXPERT VIEW
Aidan Quilligan, Accenture
32 TREND 9: REGULATORS RULE ON BOOM AND BUST OF ICOs
34 TREND 10: AUGMENTED REALITY ADAPTS FOR EARLY ADOPTION
36 EXPERT VIEW
Martin Herdina, Wikitude
38 METHODOLOGY
CONTENTS
GP BULLHOUND TECHNOLOGY PREDICTIONS 2018
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
THE VIEW
From GP Bullhound
Per Roman
Managing Partner
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Some commentators have argued that the
technology industry's vision of optimism and
openness has turned to anxiety and antagonism.
From the world's largest technology companies
through to the latest generation of innovators,
the role and responsibility of the digital economy
has increasingly come under scrutiny in the
past year.
And yet, the opinion of our leading team of
analysts and dealmakers is clear: technology
will continue to break down barriers in 2018.
Advances in the ability of computers to
recognize, comprehend and translate any
language mean that we stand on the brink
of universal understanding. We believe these
advances will see one billion people use
technology for translation in 2018, bringing us
closer to a fundamental shift in human-to-human
communi