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Top 9 Digital Transformation Trends in 2024

The digital world changes quickly as time passes, giving businesses in every field both problems and chances. For companies to stay competitive and do well in today's fast-paced world, they must use effective digital transformation strategies. Different industries and companies may have other trends. Still, a few main ideas will be necessary for digital transformation to go smoothly in 2024.

1. Democratizing Innovation With Low-Code Platforms

Low-code platforms utilize drag-and-drop interfaces and visual modeling tools, enabling non-technical users to create applications without extensive coding experience. Popular platforms include Microsoft Power Apps, Appian, and Salesforce Lightning App Builder. A Gartner survey predicts that 70% of new applications will be developed using low-code platforms by 2025, highlighting its significant impact on democratizing innovation.

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Top 8 Cloud Computing Trends To Look For in 2024

Did you know that worldwide spending on cloud computing infrastructure is expected to exceed $1 trillion for the first time in 2024? It is a staggering number! And it's not just large companies moving towards it; small organizations are actively embracing this transformative shift, too. So, what are key technologies and emerging trends driving this substantial investment in cloud infrastructure, and how is this transformation shaping the future of businesses worldwide?

The answer to these questions came to me when I recently met 20 cloud C-suite executives at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2023 event. These interactions gave me some insightful information about cloud tech predictions for next year. And that's what I'm going to share with you today.

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Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) 101 With DevOps vs SRE

Consider the Scenario Below

An Independent Software Provider (ISV) developed a financial application for a global investment firm that serves global conglomerates, leading central banks, asset managers, broking firms, and governmental bodies. The development strategy for the application encompassed a thought through DevOps plan with cutting-edge agile tools. This has ensured zero downtime deployment at maximum productivity. The app now handles financial transactions in real-time at an enormous scale, while safeguarding sensitive customer data and facilitating uninterrupted workflow. One unfortunate day, the application crashed, and this investment firm suffered a severe backlash (monetarily and morally) from its customers.  

Here is the backstory – application’s workflow exchange had crossed its transactional threshold limit, and lack of responsive remedial action crippled the infrastructure. The intelligent automation brought forth by DevOps was confined mainly to the development and deployment environment. The IT operations, thus, remained susceptible to challenges.