Technology Trends


Technology Briefs provides the reader with a short, to the point, summary of each Technology, how it is used by the industry, the Government of Canada and what impact it might have on a Department. Contributions from all is welcome in maintaining, updating and improving each individual Technology Briefs.

Collaboration on Technology Briefings will save time and effort across the GC by removing unnecessary duplication of effort in documenting over and over the same content. This should accelerate individual departments creation of Technology Roadmap by simply referencing common GC documentation of Technologies.

Landing Pages

Technology Trends
Tendances Technologiques
Template Technology Trends
  This page is a work in progress. We welcome your feedback. Please use the discussion page for suggestions and comments. When the page is approved and finalized, we will send it for translation.

List of Subjects

Name Nom Status Initial Release Latest Release Official Publication Publication Officielle
Blockchain Chaîne de blocs Published 2019-05-23 2019-05-23 Blockchain.pdf Chaîne de Blocs.pdf
Drones Drones Published 2019-07-04 2019-07-04 Drones.pdf Drones.pdf
Internet of Things Internet des Objets Published 2019-07-04 2019-07-04 Internet of Things.pdf Internet des Objets.pdf
Low Code Application Development Développement d'Application LowCode Published 2019-05-23 2019-05-23 Low Code Application Development.pdf Développement d'Application LowCode.pdf
Open by Default Ouvert par Défaut Published 2019-05-23 2019-05-23 Open by Default.pdf Ouvert par Défaut.pdf
Zero Trust Network Réseaux Zéro Confiance Published 2019-05-23 2019-05-23 Zero Trust Network.pdf Réseaux Zéro Confiance.pdf
5G Networks Deprecated
AI / Machine Learning Deprecated
API Economy Deprecated
Application Containers Deprecated
Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality Deprecated
Autonomous Vehicles Deprecated
Cloud Management Platform Deprecated
Conversational UI Deprecated
Application Containers Deprecated
Data Leak Prevention Deprecated
Digital Assistants Deprecated
Edge Computing Deprecated
Face Identification Deprecated
Infrastructure as Code Deprecated
Quantum Computing Deprecated
Server-less Computing Deprecated
Internet of Things Deprecated
Low Earth Orbit System Deprecated
Chatbots Deprecated
Voice Assistants Deprecated

Format

Each technology briefs follows a standard template :

  • Business brief describes the business aspect of the technology by offering a high level understanding, the origin and the uses.
  • Technical brief gives an in-depth description of the technology. It focuses on the most important technical aspects of the technology without going into too much detail.
  • Industry usage offers an understanding of how the technology is currently used or thought to be used in the industry when commercially available. This section clarifies the benefits of the technology through examples.
  • Canadian Government use details how the technology is currently used or thought to be used in the context of the Federal Canadian Government when commercially available. This intent is to provide an understanding of how the technology could ultimately benefit the federal government in regards to the delivery of services to Canadians through short examples.
  • Implications for Shared Services Canada (SSC) demonstrates the clear and measurable benefits that pertains to Shared Service Canada when adopting the use of the technology. This section is comprised of these following subsections :
    • Value proposition illustrates the potential strengths and opportunities that SSC can encounter by leveraging the technology.
    • Challenges outlines the risks and difficulties associated with the technology that includes both risks of implementation such as the development of the product or the risks of solution by adopting the technology.
    • Considerations presents any recommendations SSC may have for another department of the Government of Canada that wishes to adopt and leverage the technology.