Trends in software development

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Global Software Development Market

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2019:5 Forrester Software Development Forecasts for 2020

At the end of November 2019, Forrester analysts published a study in which they presented 5 forecasts in the field of software development for 2020. Experts expect the rapid development of the technology industry.

1. Maintenance grid: springboard for high value functions

A service grid is an infrastructure layer that manages communication between applications and is thought to improve reliability and make it easier to deploy multiple cloud services. Analysts expect that early on, the number of applications for service networks will grow, and they will become the basis for applications with more valuable features: for example, for data management.

2. Software developer will increasingly be directly involved in business development

According to analysts, developers will increasingly go beyond the IT environment and engage in business organization. Whether marketing, sales or manufacturing is concerned, the "diaspora of developers" will increasingly clearly use technology in managing companies. Stakeholders feel a growing need to build their own software capabilities rather than rely on outsourcing. After all, software is simply "too important to be left to individual IT companies," especially as advanced technology becomes absolutely essential to doing business.

Software developer will increasingly be directly involved in business development

3. Cloud market to consolidate with Kubernetes

Forrester notes that the cloud service provider market continues to consolidate. As leaders choose Kubernetes-based cloud platforms, they choose one or more of five cloud solution providers: Amazon, Google, IBM (+ RedHat), Microsoft and VMware (+ Pivotal). Conversely, several large corporate suppliers will be overboard due to the choice of another platform: Oracle, SAP, Salesforce and Alibaba.

For many years, the market has developed at a very rapid pace, and this is unlikely to change, analysts say. Consolidation will happen very quickly, as it passes with the help of investments of the five largest players, which have left small companies far behind.

4. The more important AI becomes, the better the testing tools will be.

The impending external pressure will force companies to rapidly develop technology. AI platform providers are expected to release even more platform testing solutions in 2020. AI This trend is due not only to the desire for increased efficiency. An enterprise can face serious problems due to faulty or poorly designed AI.

The more important AI becomes, the better the testing tools will be

Developers will have to explain to customers exactly how their AI platforms make decisions. Testing will reduce risk when buying AI solutions. In addition, given the growing influence of AI, government agencies are likely to also begin to closely monitor AI tools in the coming years.

5. Microsoft will actively perform in the low-code market

The growth in the number of programmers without special education who develop applications based on ready-made modules is only beginning. The low-code approach is expected to play an important role in 2020.

Forrester expects Microsoft Power Apps and Power Automate - Microsoft 's low-code enterprise platforms - to be used by more than 50% of developers as a major supplier by mid-2020. By the end of 2019, according to the annual survey of developers, 37% of application developers already use them.^[1]

2017:9 thousand programmers are looking for in Finland

According to the Finnish Information Processing Association (TIVIA), Finland's urgent need for software developers with higher education is 9 thousand people. At the same time, it is predicted that by 2020 demand will increase to 15 thousand people, partly due to the retirement of existing specialists from the labor market. Read more here.

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