CA Technologies Study Finds Enterprises Unprepared for Emerging Tech

IT departments appear unprepared for the emerging technologies that are driving today’s business opportunities, according to a recent survey from CA Technologies. The resulting report, titled “Think Your Organization Is on Top of Your Software Development Game?,” primarily focuses on the struggles that software developers face: Very few feel “fully prepared” for Agile, DevOps and machine learning. At the same time, both IT and business executives agree that the tech department isn’t delivering on key business needs. A total of 125 software developers and nearly 1,280 IT and business executives took part in the research, which was conducted by Freeform Dynamics. Charts for this slide show were provided by CA Technologies.

Just 14 percent of software developers “strongly agree” that current software development processes are followed all the time. Only 18 percent strongly agree that their software development processes are documented and well-understood.

Software developers do not feel ready to respond to modern IT innovation drivers: Only 15 percent said they are “fully prepared” for Agile methods. Just 16 percent said the same about DevSecOps (development security operations).

CA Technologies reports that only 17 percent of software developers feel fully prepared for DevOps. Less than one-quarter said they are fully prepared for continuous delivery.

When asked about management support, only 17 percent of software developers “strongly agree” that their organization provides IT teams with the required tools to do their jobs. Just 12 percent strongly agree that their company provides the necessary training and tools to adopt new software technologies that emerge as significant.

Only 4 percent of software developers feel fully prepared for artificial intelligence (AI). Just 6 percent said they are fully prepared for machine learning.

Just 6 percent of software developers feel fully prepared for the internet of things (IoT). Only 14 percent feel fully prepared for security analytics.

Survey respondents—software developers along with IT and business executives—were asked whether top management and business executives understand the benefits of DevOps and are willing to support needed investment. Only 26 percent of IT/business executives and just 13 percent of software developers said “Yes.”

CA Technologies reports that just 29 percent of IT and business executives feel that their IT leadership team is putting in place the right processes and practices to deliver what business needs. Less than half that number—14 percent—of software developers said this is the case.

Just 28 percent of IT and business executives said that IT and business agree about what’s needed to drive business forward. Only 11 percent of software developers said this level of agreement exists.