As the first chapter of a new decade draws to a close one thing is clear— COVID-19 has fundamentally altered our lives. The pandemic has kicked off the grandest experiment in remote work the world has ever seen. Enterprise Technology Research survey projects that the global number of permanent remote workers will double in 2021. And a McKinsey Global Survey of executives found that COVID-19 boosted the adoption of digital technologies by 7 years. 

As the ongoing crisis continues to fuel rapid innovation at breakneck pace, there’s no time like the present to pause, take a breather, and look back at the technology trends that shaped last decade to help us chart a course through the 2020s. Here they are in no particular order: the top 10 digital transformation trends of the last decade.