TechTrade Asia's 2018 year-end roundups and 2019 predictions

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Every year, TechTrade Asia invites commentary on what's topical, both for the year ending and the new year. Responses were particularly enthusiastic for 2018/19 around the following topics, with a significant number of contributions around security. Connected cars and e-sports, on the other hand, did not get any love.

2018 roundups

AI in 2018

Cryptocurrency in 2018

GDPR in 2018

Security trends in 2018 (part 1)

Security trends in 2018 (part 2), which also included more thoughts on GDPR and similar legislation  
Thoughts from SAP on retail

Posts on cryptocurrency and GDPR were also published in sister blog WorkSmart Asia, as was a complementary post on Ericsson's top 10 consumer trends for 2019.

2019 predictions

5G in 2019

Blockchain branches out

Singapore, potential Blockchain hub

Tech trends in 2019, from A to Z, covering:

• AI
• Automation
• Backup
• Collaboration
• Ecosystems
• Edge computing
• Exascale computing
• Ethics
• Healthcare
• The Internet of Things (IoT)
• Manufacturing
• Marketing
• Microservices
• Payments
• Privacy
• Software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WANs)
• Smart cities
• Talent management
• Travel

Payments directions for the year

Digital transformation challenges must be addressed

How will we interact with technology in 2019?

Data holds the key to the future of work 

Hybrid cloud takes hold

The new vulnerabilities for cybersecurity  (Cybersecurity 2019, part 1)

2019 predictions on cyberattacks (Cybersecurity 2019, part 2)

2019 predictions on cybersecurity defences (Cybersecurity 2019, part 3)

And while technically not about predictions, a post on frameworks for tackling cyberthreats in 2019 (Cybersecurity 2019, part 4)

The dismal state of IoT security

AI's effect on cybersecurity

A TechTrade Asia post on GOJEK and its expansion of services in Singapore also includes some thoughts about digital transportation services in 2019.

A complementary post was done for business travel in WorkSmart Asia, and a version of the future of work post that was tuned for WorkSmart Asia also appears on the sister blog.

Details:

To participate in the 2019/20 set of features please check for deadlines, topics, guiding questions and preferred word lengths in the TechTrade Asia editorial calendar for 2019.