From Now to Next: 8 Tech Trends That Will Shape 2026 

Wednesday, October 22 at 1:00 PM ET | 10:00 AM PT

Webinar Summary

The stable, predictable global order of yesterday has fractured – the World Uncertainty Index has increased by 481% since the beginning of 2025. Organizations are facing deglobalization and financial volatility driven by tariffs and rapid technological change led by AI. IT leaders must chart the path for the future through innovation, orchestrating platforms that are tailored to organizational strategy.  

Join us as we explore Tech Trends 2026, Info-Tech’s latest research on the eight technology trends that will define the journey from where we are to what’s next, where experiments converge and pilots become new organizational models. Organizations have to move from trying AI to running on it, from ad hoc safeguards to resilience, and from generic stacks to purpose-built platforms. 

Join this dynamic webinar as we explore the eight tech trends that will define 2026, including critical insights on: 

  • ​Adapting from a global market to multipolar uncertainty.
  • ​The shift from digital tools to guided, intelligent autonomy.
  • ​Evolving from back-office operator to Exponential IT.

Webinar Speaker

 

 

Jeremy Roberts

Senior Director, Research & Content

  • Jeremy Roberts is a Senior Director, Research & Content, primarily working in Info-Tech's cloud and core infrastructure practice. His research interests include cloud computing, end user computing, Office 365, and artificial intelligence. He is the author of Info-Tech's 2020 Infrastructure Priorities report, Info-Tech’s Cloud Cost Management research, and he produces regular material on the cloud market space. He holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and an MSc from the University of Oxford in the UK.

Brian Jackson

Principal Research Director

  • As a Principal Research Director, Brian focuses on emerging technology and has developed Info-Tech Research Group’s annual Tech Trends report, its flagship publication, since 2020. Brian also provides support with executive leadership strategy, and digital strategy. After more than a decade as a technology and science journalist, Brian has his fingers on the pulse of leading-edge trends and organizational best practices towards innovation. Brian holds a Certification in Emerging Technologies from ISACA and is a certified foresight practitioner via the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. He writes columns on Forbes Technology Councils and Spiceworks Insights.

  • Prior to joining Info-Tech Research Group, Brian was the Editorial Director at IT World Canada, responsible for the B2B media publisher’s editorial strategy and execution. A leading digital thinker at the firm, Brian led IT World Canada to become an award-winning publisher.

  • Brian holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University. He is regularly featured as a technology expert by media including CIO.com, CIO Dive, Techopedia, Chorus Radio, CBC, and elsewhere.

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