HP’s 2019 Megatrends Report Is Out

HP today launched its 2019 Megatrends Report which explores global, technological, economic and social currents that are influencing how people will live and work around the world. The report delves into a wide array of topics including income trends, urbanization’s impact on these trends, the resulting rise of new metro-based economic powerhouses, and the role of automation and education in meeting labor market challenges driving changing demographics and growing economies.

Additional research explores how increasing incomes are putting a strain on our energy resources and what role technologies such as 3D printing, Software 2.0 and Edge Computing could play in helping to drive to greater efficiencies benefiting customers, industries, and the planet. Below, you’ll find some of the topline themes and disruptive technologies that are addressed in the findings.

Disruptive Technologies

  • Ultra-Efficient Compute Architectures
  • Software 2.0
  • Virtual Machines

Themes:

  • Growing Incomes and Rising Inequality
  • Rise of Asia
  • Jobs and Labor
  • Education and Reskilling
  • Energy and Sustainability
  • Cloud to the Edge

For further information on the 2019 Megatrends Report, visit HP’s blog post.

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