Artificial intelligence, sovereignty, and security are expected to dominate the tech landscape as partners help customers transform innovation into real-world applications.
In 2026, technology will drive disruption, innovation, and risk, and partners must help customers harness it as a catalyst for transformation. According to Gartner, several strategic technology trends will shape this next phase of transformation.
Local industry leaders shared their expectations with CRN Australia on how these trends will play out. One notable trend is the rise of Domain-Specific Large Models (DSLMs), which are trained or fine-tuned on specialized data for a particular industry, function, or process.
“To build these models, organisations require access to high-performance, interconnected infrastructure,”
says Guy Danskine, MD of Equinix Australia. “Proprietary data creates unique competitive value, and local data centres play a critical role by enabling sovereign, scalable compute.”
Author's summary: Partners predict AI and security to dominate tech in 2026.