Across various industries, enterprises are realizing they must become digital natives to survive and thrive in the data economy. AI-powered data is driving new possibilities for the digitization of businesses, new types of experiences (collapsing digital or physical boundaries) and new products or services. Data and AI are defining the characteristics of the future-ready enterprise: hyperpersonalization, real-time context, event-driven and intelligence at the edge.
The digital AI-first transformation enables organizations to create competitive advantages and develop brand-new products, services and business models. With the ability to sense changing employee, partner and customer dynamics, the enterprise of the future will use AI intelligently and at scale.
Cloud infrastructure aids enterprises against volatile conditions more quickly, as it provides scalability and flexibility at optimal costs. Those enterprises still invested in traditional on-premises infrastructure will need to move swiftly to a cloud environment if they want to weather the current situation and forge a path for a digital future. They need to consider a hybrid cloud approach to protect their current investment and evolve it into an enterprise for the future.
Intelligent and meaningful user experiences have been a top priority for organizations. As boundaries between the offline and online world gradually fade, organizations must deliver a hyperpersonalized, immersive and ambient user experience.
Enterprises rely heavily on APIs and microservices to build and connect applications, a fundamental requirement for their digital transformation. In today’s application development ecosystem, API is the visible layer while distributed application runtime, containers, interfaces, integration, serverless computing, DevSecOps tools and platforms form a strong backbone. APIs are layered over on-premise systems to promote partner connectivity and developer productivity.
The rapid expansion of the software attack surface has made cybersecurity mainstream technology. What first began as a method to provide point solutions and isolated regulatory compliance has evolved to address more sophisticated attack vectors and ever-changing complex regulatory compliances. A comprehensive cybersecurity program should embed security by design, be sustainable, cater to all compliance and gain customer and stakeholder confidence. Security has to be an invisible element of all digital programs to provide the assurance stakeholders want.
Enterprises embrace digital technologies to deliver safer, quicker and more reliable business value to their customers. With rapid advancements in efficiency and technology consumption, software delivery must remain resilient and secure. DevSecOps helps enterprises embed security into their value delivery system while ensuring the consistency, governance, efficiency, scale and speed associated with the software development are not compromised.With the use of no-code platforms, artificial intelligence operations (AI Ops) and cloud-native platforms, IT teams are able to employ design thinking and co-creation support to facilitate faster, customer-centric innovation.
