How will your company manage the new technical challenges in this new era?
Based on Frank Holman’s article on software development trends in 2021
It is without a doubt that it has been a rough and difficult path for all of us in some way or another, due to the pandemic, but we’ve come a long way since. Currently the number of positive cases has dropped by 29% in the last 7 days and about 22% of the population have received their first dose of the vaccine. Although it is still early to anticipate the results there’s definitely light at the end of the tunnel and we must all stay optimistic.
In the software world we have also witnessed many changes and milestones being achieved since the start of the outbreak. The industry is constantly changing but the implication of COVID-19 has made its impact in many ways.
This article, we’ll focus on the positive perspectives for 2021. Now more than ever, companies are relying on their specialized software and the expertise of developers. The tech industry has transformed the way businesses operate making their systems and chores simplified and practical.
The following are the top trends driving companies into adapting to software services that give them the opportunity to transform and benefit from.
Native Apps will dominate the market
These services are meant to run only on devices that are specific, for instance only on smartphones. They usually provide a powerful performance and better user experience designed only for specific devices.
Given the fact that the popularity of iOS and Android operating systems is growing each day, this trend is expected to dominate the software development services.
Cloud technology is here to stay
Cloud service’s market value is 266.5 billion, which is a 17% growth from 2019. Big companies as well as cloud vendors like Amazon, Google and Microsoft will remain investing big sums of money in cloud technology.
Currently the number of companies using cloud services is quite enormous, and the number of companies that will start using cloud services is even bigger.
Ignoring the size of the organization, at some point they all will be moving to cloud services. The success behind cloud technology’s is that it offers the following:
FLEXIBILITY
SCALABILITY
SECURITY
Preventing the threat of hackers that could lead to your organization’s security breach.
5G Technology will be unparalleled
Disregarding the rumour from the beginning of 2020, which was disapproved by world’s biggest scientists and has been left behind in 2020. Software developers can expect that the 5G tech to return as a trend for all the right reasons.
5G technology is roughly 100 times faster than 4G networks
Optimizes VR, AR and other 4k video streaming to enhance business performance
Investment in Artificial Intelligence will increase
We cannot deny the impact of Artificial Intelligence in the software development service, it will offer so many more options. Artificial Intelligence based analytics are already being used by the tech giants like Google, Facebook and Apple. Now the AI is progressing at a very fast pace and in 2021 it will be better in decision making, delivering relevant user experience details etc.