In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 saw organizations prioritizing digital transformation, leading to significant trends in technology and IT management. IT architects gained prominence in decision-making due to their expertise in digital transformation, resulting in more budgetary power for technology purchases. Service mesh technology gained traction for simplifying IT infrastructure, while zero-trust security models became essential as organizations moved to distributed architectures. WebAssembly emerged as a key technology for its portability, overshadowing serverless computing, which was expected to regain importance by 2030. GitOps, combining Git workflow with CI/CD benefits, became mainstream as infrastructure-as-code practices grew, emphasizing Git as the source of truth for organizational systems. These shifts highlighted a broader trend towards more secure, efficient, and architecturally sound IT environments.