Topic: gartner
How to level up your low-code game
At the end of 2022, Gartner made the prediction that in 2023, low-code spending would increase by 20%. This may seem like a bold claim, considering that lately it seems that all organizations want to do is cut, cut, cut. But when you think about the promise of low-code, and being able to do more … continue reading
Software engineering teams must collaborate with site reliability engineers
Software engineering leaders need to foster collaboration with site reliability engineers (SRE) in order to scale unplanned work and improve customer experience. Software engineering teams tend to focus on releasing new product features quickly, which causes them to not always prioritize the reliability of new features. Gartner predicts that by 2027, 75% of enterprises will … continue reading
Three trends marketing teams need to be aware of in 2023
Marketing leaders will continue facing uncertain and volatile conditions in 2023, while still being under pressure to drive growth. These include things like changes to third-party tracking in browsers, the economy, marketing budget cuts, and more. The tech industry in particular has been impacted by these volatile conditions in the market and in the workforce. … continue reading
3 key actions to improve developer experience
When it comes to succeeding with digital initiatives and building high-performing software teams, it is important to deliver top-notch developer experience. A superior developer experience helps attract and retain talented developers. Gartner’s 2021 Software Engineering Leader Survey shows that hiring, developing, and retaining talent ranks in the top three challenges for 38% of software engineering … continue reading
RPA: Handling mundane tasks, freeing up developers
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has been a useful tool for many organizations. Despite the initial fear that it would grow to take over the jobs of developers, many have come to see that RPA and automation only function well when they work in tandem with developers. According to Yishai Beeri, growth technologies lead at LinearB, … continue reading
Measuring developer productivity isn’t as simple as it sounds
When developers lie awake at night, they’re likely not thinking that they didn’t turn around enough tickets that day, or write a certain number of lines of code. Their fear is that they’ve broken something, and that they’ll be in trouble. In the meantime, C-level managers are primarily concerned with innovation, creating new products and … continue reading
6 steps to upskill developers
When software engineering leaders need new skills, they often look to hire people who already have those skills. However, when it comes to modern cloud architectures and languages, those people are hard to find. Recent Gartner research has found that there are a high number of open positions for people with advanced development skills, but … continue reading
Gartner identifies emerging technologies to look into in 2021
Engineering trust, accelerating growth, and sculpting change are three main reasons companies are looking to explore emerging technologies, such as NFTs, sovereign cloud, data fabrics, generative AI, and composable networks, according to Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2021. “Technology innovation is a key enabler of competitive differentiation and is the catalyst for transforming many … continue reading
Pushing automated testing to its limits
The software industry keeps expressing it is under immense pressure to keep up with market demand and deliver software faster. Automated testing is an approach that came out to not only help speed up software delivery, but to ensure the software that did come out did what it was supposed to do. For some time … continue reading
premium Digital transformation: A catalyst for changing the embedded development paradigm
The Internet of Things is dead. Or so declared one of my colleagues recently. While I could dismiss the comment as flippant, it does point to an underlying cynicism of technology that has been nicely captured by Gartner’s eponymous Hype Cycle. As technologists we often focus on cool technologies themselves, and then get frustrated, or … continue reading
Report: Developers slow to adopt low-code and no-code solutions
Tools for rapid application development have been around for decades, yet despite the hype and benefits surrounding low-code and no-code development, developers are slow to use them, according to a new report. The Evans Data Global Development Survey is conducted every six months and is based on the responses of more than 1,400 developers worldwide. … continue reading
Gartner’s top 10 technology trends for 2019
Gartner has revealed its annual technology trends for the upcoming year at this week’s Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando. The research firm produces its Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends list every year to give organizations insight into what they can expect. According to Gartner, a strategic technology trend refers to a trend that has substantial disruptive … continue reading
