This piece looks ahead to what we might expect as IT law
develops in 2021.
2020: an extraordinary year of IT transformation at scale, pace
and depth
At last, we can see 2020 through the rear view mirror. A year
like no other within living memory, its impact on transformation in
the world of IT is huge. It can be summarised in three words:
Scale, Pace, Depth.
"The digital economy is consuming the old economy"
said a former CEO of HSBC recently, neatly if graphically
articulating the scale of change.1 2020's 'tech celeration'
and great shove online have compressed into months changes
previously anticipated in years. And headlines in early
December 2020 illustrate how the depth of these changes will
impact all our lives:
