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“AI (Artificial Intelligence)” and “Blockchain” became major topics from 2017 to 2018. It is said that AI and blockchain will go into disillusionment in 2019, and companies will be cautious about introducing projects. On the other hand, corporate IT investment, in general, continues to increase. So what is the technology that will rise in 2019? We will explain the IT trend in 2019 all at once! In addition, we will also review the IT trend in 2018.
Looking back on IT trends in 2019
5G
The feature of 5G is “wide band, low delay”. It enables uploading of high definition images and videos that were not possible with 4G. The use of 5G is not limited to use on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. The field expected in particular is “connected cars”. Softback and Honda R & D have established a 5G connected car verification environment. Verification for commercialization began in earnest in November 2018. Automatic driving, safety improvement, and application to telematics insurance are expected.
Fake news
Fake news has greatly increased. Fake news spreads in Okinawa Governor’s Election, on which the ballot was held on September 30, 2018. There was a huge amount of disseminated information about the candidate involved in crime. According to an article in the Ryukyus Shinpo, dated September 26, 2018, lawmakers and chiefs experienced the spread of false or false information intended to give up a specific candidate. Under the Public Office Election Act, it is punishable to send false matters for the purpose of preventing candidates from being elected. It is also possible that the spread of fake news violates criminal activity. Measures against fake news are urgent for governments, public organisations and media companies.
Voice search
A year has passed since the launch of Amazon Echo in Japan. Support services are steadily expanding, with Spotify Premium compatible with Amazon Echo in Japan. In June 2018, Gurunavi introduced a restaurant voice reservation system using Google Assistant. Restaurant reservation is available by voice search. The number of voice search users is steadily increasing and is expected to grow in the future.
Subscription
Subscriptions progressed in all business conditions in 2018. One of the popular subscriptions is “sweets”. “Tokyo Treat” offers candy subscription service at Cross Border EC. We are shipping Japanese sweets to 120 countries around the world for a monthly fee of 3800 yen. Subscriptions are also popular in the cosmetics industry. Four services of “My Little Box”, “RAXY”, “BLOOMBOX”, and “Sisley PARIS Beauty Subscription” are in sharp contrast.
VTuber
VTuber” that has won the 2018 Internet buzzword. The representative of VTuber “Kizuna Ai” is gaining a national reputation, such as being employed on the NHK Nobel Prize commentary page. The range of activities for virtual talent, in general, has expanded significantly, with the office “Re: AcT” (renamed from “KAGAYAKI STARS” on December 3, 2018) specialized for virtual talent.
eSports
In 2018, the eSports tournament was held with a number of major titles such as “Splatoon”, “Puyo Puyo”, “Street Fighter V” and “Shadow Bath”. Abema TV is equipped with a TV game channel “Ultra Games”, and the level of attention to eSports is further increased. From October 2018 on TV Tokyo, the eSports program also started with comedian Hiroyuki Ariyoshi as a regular MC. It can be said that the attention of the mass media was extremely high throughout the year. At the Asian Games in August 2018, eSports was adopted as a competition, and the Japanese representative won a gold medal at “Winning Eleven 2018”. Attention also attracted to the attraction as a sport.
Six IT Trends in 2019
Next, I will introduce seven IT trends in 2019! eSIM is a built-in SIM. The function is the same as a regular SIM card, but since the SIM is built into the terminal itself, replacement is not necessary when changing carriers. When contracting with a new carrier, it will not be necessary to perform the procedure for issuing a SIM card and waiting for it to arrive by mail. You can switch the line immediately and there is no time loss. When you go abroad, you do not have to buy a SIM locally. “The spread of eSIM is particularly expected in the IoT field. The advantage is the ease of being able to rewrite the subscriber information after incorporating the SIM into the terminal. Furthermore, the slot to insert the SIM becomes unnecessary. The cost of manufacturing and importing and exporting IoT devices can be greatly reduced.”
The full-scale spread of cashless payment
The Abe administration has announced a policy of raising the cashless payment ratio to 40% by 2027, and cashless payment is expected to spread in Japan in the future. The ruling party is also considering the point return at cashless settlement as an economic measure for a consumption tax increase. Toyama Prefecture is the first to introduce cashless payment using QR codes ahead of the whole country. Toyama Shinkin 7 prefectures Shinkin and Shinkin Chuo Bank have partnered with Origami, a smartphone payment service company. We are promoting the introduction of Origami’s QR settlement service. Toyama Prefecture is also active in introducing digital currency. Toyama Dai-ichi Bank issued a digital pass “First Bank Coin (FBC)” using blockchain technology. We conduct in-house experiments aimed at distribution as a regional currency.”
Fully automatic driving year
It is said that the year 2019 will be “the first year of fully automated driving.” Even in Japan, demonstration tests of automatic driving have already been conducted in Eihei-ji, Fukui Prefecture and Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. Especially in Eihei-ji, Fukui Prefecture, automatic driving vehicles are open to the public over a month. The number of people in use exceeds 700, and we receive high support as “foot of life” including visit and shopping of local resident 60-80 years old. It turned out that it could be expected to use the residents when it was put to practical use. In the agricultural field, there are high expectations for the practical use of automatic driving. On December 1, 2018, Kubota announced the industry’s first automatic driving combine. We have high hopes as salvation for agriculture where “lack of bearers” is whispered.
AI blockchain goes to disillusionment period
AI (Artificial Intelligence)” and “Blockchain”, which attracted attention as a new IT trend in 2017, surpassed the peak of expectations and entered a disillusionment period. The achievements of the company’s efforts from 2017 to 2018 are re-evaluated, revealing the difficulties of introducing AI and block chains. More companies will be cautious about these projects in 2019. However, it is not a bad thing for a technology or product to enter the disillusionment phase. Technologies and products that have generated excessive expectations have their enthusiasm cool down and the market cools down, and when they enter a stagnation period (disappearing period), they will penetrate the market again after a while (the enlightenment period). After the enlightenment period, technology and products will be established in the market as mature ones. (The stable period of productivity). The 2019 AI blockchain has been “sluggish” for some time before the enlightenment period. It will be a time of trial for the maturation of technology
60% of corporate IT operations go off-premise
According to a 451 Research report, approximately 60% of companies are expected to move their IT operations off-premises by the end of 2019. Off-premises refers to public cloud services and SaaS. In the past, the mainstream of IT infrastructure was “on-premise,” in which information system hardware was installed and operated within a property owned by the company. However, from now on off-premises will become more and more mainstream.
Full-color 3D printer
Generally speaking, 3D printers have strong images that output in single colors. The reason is that the resin used for 3D printer output is a single color. However, in recent years, the price reduction of full-color 3D printers that use CMY (cyan, magenta, yellow) color inks is in progress. Based in Taiwan, XYZPrinting launches a full-color 3D printer “da Vinci Color Mini” capable of full-color printing of 15,000 colors at Indiegogo. The price of the early bird model is $ 999 ~. The top model “da Vinci Color” is also on sale. The price is 728,000 yen. The latest Amazon price as of December 2018 is 389,140 yen. It can be said that even high-end printers are becoming affordable for ordinary homes. The time has come to be able to output 3DCG modeled with 3D tools, such as ZBrush and CAD, as three-dimensional objects in the same color at home.
HR Tech (HR Tech)
HR Tech (HR Tech) is a term that combines “Human Resource (HR)” and “Technology”. Using technology to improve and streamline work in the HR area, such as hiring, personnel evaluation, and training. One of the factors that attract attention from HR Tech is “Receiving foreign workers”. The government is deliberating draft amendments to the Immigration Control Act in order to expand foreign workers. We aim for the construction in April 2019. The background is the declining birthrate and the aging of the population, and the serious labor shortage of companies. Focusing on the increased acceptance of foreign workers, the focus will be on “further job hiring” and “globalization”. The Indian IT engineer who responded to the coverage of the daily SPA warns the Japanese corporate culture as “There are many good people in Japan, but the company is dirty for money.” With the increasing number of employees with diverse nationalities and cultural backbones, there is an increasing need to improve employee satisfaction through visualization and analysis of human resources data. This is because it is highly possible that the employee turnover rate will remain high and employment costs will continue to increase unless the employee who has the risk of retirement is managed in advance by quantifying and managing the attachment feelings and feelings of the employee.
