INTRODUCTION
Surviving and thriving in the digital economy means getting ahead of trends...and transforming them into opportunities for innovation and growth. Here’s a preview of hot digital transformation trends that will affect your organization now and in the future.
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION BECOMES THE #1 CORPORATE PRIORITY
Fifty-four percent of respondents ranked
digital transformation as their #1 corporate
priority, according to a recent LTM Research survey of Global 2000 companies.1
An overwhelming majority (87%) reported
having digital transformation projects
underway or planned for 2017.
And, by the end of this decade, the percentage of enterprises with advanced digital transformation strategies will more than double.2
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1 http://www.appian.com/assets/sites/3/trends-in-digital-transformation-survey.pdf
2 http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS40552015
DEVELOPER SHORTAGES MAKE LOW-CODE APPROACHES A MUST
Eighty-three percent of respondents worry
about the IT Skill Gap.
Forrester recently reported that 83%
of hiring managers believe that there
is a shortage of software development
professionals.3
Low-code app platforms have emerged
to bridge the gap between app demand
and developer supply. With visual design
and drag-and-drop functionality, low-code
platforms empower every developer to build
sophisticated enterprise apps 10x faster than
traditional approaches.4
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3 http://www.slideshare.net/ChettaCrowley/the-social-future-of-software-development-61685364
4 http://www.appian.com/digital-transformation/#build_and_deploy_cuttingedge_apps_10x_faster
COGNITIVE COMPUTING GROWS UP
By 2018, over 50% of developer teams
will embed cognitive services in their apps,
compared to 1% today.5
According to Gartner, cognitive computing will
be the most disruptive trend in the history of IT.
Any way you cut it, applications are about to get
smarter. The real question is, are you prepared?
For example, have you adopted open, flexible
application development approaches that can
easily be upgraded to incorporate cognitive
computing services as they become available?
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5 https://www.idc.com/research/viewtoc.jsp?containerId=259850
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION EVOLVES BEYOND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Seventy-Eight percent of executives
reported actively pursuing or planning a
digital transformation project not directly
focused on customer experience.6
To say customer experience is incredibly
important in today’s hyper-connected world
is an understatement of epic proportions.
But if your digital transformation efforts are
focused exclusively on customer engagement,
odds are they won’t reach their potential.
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6 http://www.appian.com/assets/sites/3/trends-in-digital-transformation-survey.pdf
Appian delivers an enterprise platform for digital transformation that enables organizations to revolutionize their customer experience, optimize their business operations, and master global risk and compliance. Powered by industry-leading Business Process Management (BPM) and Case Management capabilities, Appian’s low-code approach radically accelerates the time it
takes to build and deploy powerful, modern applications, on-premises or in the cloud.
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