
Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2019. Read them in this 11th annual VMblog.com series exclusive.
Contributed by Dave Anderson, Digital Performance Expert, Dynatrace
The 5 Trends That Will Define Enterprise Tech in the New Year
It's hard to believe we're
near the end of a decade, just under a year away from 2020. While we haven't
arrived on Mars yet, and we are still hoping for a true hoverboard, our world
has gone through some fairly sizeable shifts, led by the increasing importance
of software. From how we shop, fly, learn, connect and entertain ourselves,
software is fueling the next major industrial revolution, and is more important
to business survival than ever before.
That means running an
enterprise software ecosystem is harder than ever before, too. From legacy
systems, to cloud native development, accelerated release cycles and the need
to support an explosion of device types. Under the surface we've embraced microservices,
Kubernetes has become main street and Go is now one of the hottest programming
languages.
But, as we prepare
ourselves for this next major industrial revolution, I've outlined some of the key
tech trends I expect to see ramp up this year.
- AI and Automation. Enterprises will further
accelerate their automation efforts, including the adoption of AI, to simplify
their increasingly complex hybrid, web-scale cloud environments and the
application factors (e.g. containers and microservices) that are driving that
complexity. With two-thirds of CIOs already saying that complexity makes it
impossible to manage performance, automation and AI will become central to
streamlining enterprise cloud environments.
- Legacy tools hit their limits. CTOs and
application architects will hit the wall trying to use their old tools and
techniques for monitoring more dynamic, microservices-based applications as
they scale into production. This
dead-end is especially problematic as 72 percent of CIOs say that monitoring
microservices in real-time is already nearly impossible.
- User experience becomes a priority to IT.
As enterprises shift their focus from building their cloud platforms to
optimizing them, user experience will re-emerge as a critical success factor
for IT. Over three-quarters of CIOs today say that multi-cloud environments
make it harder to monitor the user experience. Technology teams will need to
understand the impact that back-end system performance has on the end user, and
proactively work with digital business teams to enhance the user experience.
- From DevOps to NoOps. Is this the end of IT Ops? Of course
not. As automation increases, and enterprises further leverage AI, we expect to
see more businesses increase the shift from manual operations, troubleshooting
and configuration to value-oriented tasks.
- PaaS platforms. The likes of PCF, RHOS
and VMWare will become the primary platforms for building hybrid, multi-cloud
enterprise IT environments. Portability for applications and workloads across
both internal and external clouds will be essential for achieving digital
transformation at enterprise scale.
Ultimately, if there is
one big theme it's utilizing AI and automation to shift time spent from manual
work to value-added work. We all know that resources are constrained,
complexity is rising and the importance of quality software delivery is greater
than ever. It will be those that take advantage of the best-in-breed platforms,
harness AI and leverage best practices, that will enable faster transformation
and better user experiences. Plus, you get to have more fun. What's not to like
about that?
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About the Author
Dave Anderson, Digital Performance Expert at Dynatrace
Dave, a native Australian, is a true
international marketer having developed his craft running marketing for
Dynatrace in Asia, Europe and now globally from the US in Boston. Dave is a
visionary marketer and has been responsible for repositioning Dynatrace from an
APM vendor to a Software Intelligence leader. He balances his marketing
abilities with technical know-how, and is often found demoing Dynatrace at
events or on camera. Dave is a passionate keynote speaker, and has been a
regular at major LinkedIn events across the globe sharing his stories on
digital transformation, customer experience and IOT. A dad of two girls, Dave
is an Australian Rules sports fanatic, and musician.