The industrial revolution 4.0 described in the economic forum of 2001, gives to the academic context and the real sector an identification based on the great changes in the industry, its identification oriented to the digitalization and more the one used in the industrial sector makes that researchers, committees of research and investigators consolidate the concept of Industry 4.0, that emphasizes more the industrial revolution 4.0, in the context of technological innovation in the industry. In this way, an analysis of innovation and technological development in Colombian industry was carried out under consultation of secondary information in a period of ten years 2007 to 2016, in which investment variables were taken into account against income benefit variables for the industry, this in order to have an explanation against the need for investments in innovation and technological development of advanced technologies in the context of Industry 4. 0, as an initial classification information of types of innovation variables and technological development actions that are reflected in percentages of investment in digital technology as an input to the context of the development of industry 4.0 in the Colombian context.