ThoughtWorks’ Technology Radar identifies key business trends

BANGALORE, INDIA: ThoughtWorks today issued the latest Technology Radar, an assessment of trends significantly impacting software development and business strategy.

 

"Today's successful organisations are the ones that place technology at the centre of their overall business strategy", said Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO of ThoughtWorks. "CEOs are thinking about technology like never before as they try and make sense of a massive influx of data. The need to sufficiently analyse and anticipate disruptive elements in business and technology is at the core of why our Technology Radar continues to grow in readership with each new edition."

"Given the velocity of change in business, ThoughtWorks encourages companies to create their own radar, enabling a proactive approach to technology choices", said Neal Ford, software architect and member of ThoughtWorks' Technology Advisory Board. "Having a radar helps people think about which technologies they should investigate, when to be more or less aggressive about adoption, and allows for more intelligent decision making."

 

The notable themes in this edition of Technology Radar include:

●     Churn in the JavaScript world - JavaScript used to be a condiment technology, always used to augment other technologies. It has kept that role but expanded into its own platform with a staggering rate of change.

 

●     Microservices and the rise of the API - We are seeing an incredible amount of interest in microservice architectures, as well as an emphasis on the importance of the API both within an organisation and as a bridge to the outside world. This edition of the Radar tracks some of the specific tools and techniques for microservices.

 

●     Conway's Law - Some companies are mired in siloed structures that add needless friction to engineering efforts, while more enlightened companies use team organisation to drive the kinds of architectures they want. We're learning the peril of ignoring Conway's Law and the benefits of leveraging it.

 

●     Re-decentralization - Over 90 percent of the world's email moves through just 10 providers. Prompted in part by revelations about the US' stranglehold on Internet infrastructure, and a desire to maintain more individual and organisational control, we see a need for "re-decentralisation" of both data and infrastructure.