Garner's Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2015 vs. 2014 - Big Data is Out, Machine Learning is in.

"Big Data" is no where to be seen the hype cycle 2015 mean that the most talked about big data related technologies are now into practice and no more a hype.

"Machine Learning" made its first appearance on the chart this year, but already past the peak of inflated expectations and now takes the place of Big Data.


The hype cycle gives us an idea of which of these technologies actually survive the market hype and have a potential to become a part of our daily life. The emerging technologies is based on the assessment of maturity, duration for adoption, business benefit and future direction of more than 2,000 technologies, grouped into 112 areas.

Five regions of Gartner's Hype cycle:

• Innovation Trigger (potential technology breakthrough kicks off)
• Peak of Inflated Expectations (Success stories through early publicity)
• Trough of Disillusionment (waning interest)
• Slope of Enlightenment (2nd & 3rd generation products appear)
• Plateau of Productivity (Mainstream adoption starts)