From augmented intelligence to multi-cloud deployment, here's a look back at our path to innovation in 2018.

New year, and time for the annual trends webinar. It’s the third time I have the honor to present it. As always, it takes a village to create this, and I’m thankful for all the people who chipped in. I’d like to highlight in particular Murray Grigo McMahon. His blog on data as an ecosystem, as well as great discussions, was a big source of inspiration, and will feature in the trends. This year, the title of the webinar is “The Dawn of Postmodern Analytics”.

Can you believe it’s almost 2019? We can’t either, but we’re excited it’ll be another big year for developers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, due to increased demand for software solutions, developer employment is forecasted to increase 24% from 2016 to 2026 (Qlik’s contributing with these worldwide openings). To compare, the average growth rate for all occupations is 7%.

It’s said that we should learn something new every day and in the past 24 hrs I’ve done very well, I’ve learnt 4 new facts. So, which one of these “facts” do you think is not data driven?