Fueled by data, analytics and cognitive technologies, all types of businesses are becomingtechnology companies. The continual growth of the cloud creates new opportunities for companies to bring technologies, such as data analytics, cognitive tools and artificial intelligence, directly into the heart of the business operations.
Those organizations that not only transform but collaborate in an open environment using and developing their own technologies will disrupt their industries, according to Abby Kearns (pictured), executive director at Cloud Foundry.Org Foundation Inc.
“Investing in technology, in software, in particular, allows you to differentiate your business. …[Open source allows] developers have the freedom to create. And that’s really what’s going to differentiate businesses that are becoming software companies,” Kearns said.
It seems that most organizations are embracing the DevOps culture, as it is the developer who will take the way businesses define themselves in the future to the next level, Kearns explained. Cloud Foundry, an open-source cloud application platform for developing and deploying enterprise cloud applications, is beginning to take root with both developers and businesses alike, she stated.
“We’re seeing users starting to get traction on digital transformation. … The landscape is changing, and so as they realize they [need to] become software companies and they need to develop software. They’re investing more in developers and development,” Kearns said.
The reality, according to Kearns is that, eventually, everyone is going to be a developer of some type. As technology grows, tools for the end user will have to be available to understand what the information — from data, analytics, machine learning and AI — are providing as far as addressing business outcomes.
