Intelligent CIO North America Issue 48 | Page 26

TRENDING performance . This explains why 94 % point to full-stack observability as the single thing that would most help them to escape war rooms and focus on innovation .
The Role of AI developers and IT teams . This is already being seen in shift left testing and widespread adoption of DevOps and DevSecOps methodologies , so that application availability , performance and security considerations are embedded into the development lifecycle from the outset .
Alongside full-stack observability , many developers ( 39 %) also feel that their organisation ( and they themselves ) would benefit from deploying AI to automate application issue detection and resolution . Rather than relying on manual processes , AI can enable IT teams to cut through overwhelming volumes of application data to identify the most serious issues and apply fixes in real-time .
“ At a time when developer talent is in such high demand , organisations must do everything they can to empower their teams with the tools they need to be able to perform to their full potential and maximise impact ,” said McFarland . “ Full-stack observability has become mission-critical – without it , IT teams simply cannot deliver the levels of digital experience that consumers now demand .”
In addition , developers are ready to embrace new ways of working within the IT department to drive greater efficiency and productivity , and a more streamlined approach to managing application performance . The majority ( 57 %) believe that there needs to be greater ongoing collaboration between
Cisco conducted research amongst 500 global software developers split across the US ( 200 ), UK ( 100 ), Australia ( 30 ) and the rest of the world ( 170 – including Germany , France , Italy , Spain , Scandinavia , Japan , Singapore , India ). The research was conducted by Insight Avenue in March and April 2024 . p
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