4 OF THE HOTTEST

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONTRENDS FOR 2017

INTRODUCTION

Surviving and thriving in the digital economy means getting ahead of trends...and transforming them into opportunities for innovation and growth. Here’s a preview of hot digital transformation trends that will affect your organization now and in the future.

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION BECOMES THE #1 CORPORATE PRIORITY

Fifty-four percent of respondents ranked

digital transformation as their #1 corporate

priority, according to a recent LTM Research survey of Global 2000 companies.1

An overwhelming majority (87%) reported

having digital transformation projects

underway or planned for 2017.

And, by the end of this decade, the percentage of enterprises with advanced digital transformation strategies will more than double.2

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1 http://www.appian.com/assets/sites/3/trends-in-digital-transformation-survey.pdf

2 http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS40552015

DEVELOPER SHORTAGES MAKE LOW-CODE APPROACHES A MUST

Eighty-three percent of respondents worry

about the IT Skill Gap.

Forrester recently reported that 83%

of hiring managers believe that there

is a shortage of software development

professionals.3

Low-code app platforms have emerged

to bridge the gap between app demand

and developer supply. With visual design

and drag-and-drop functionality, low-code

platforms empower every developer to build

sophisticated enterprise apps 10x faster than

traditional approaches.4

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3 http://www.slideshare.net/ChettaCrowley/the-social-future-of-software-development-61685364

4 http://www.appian.com/digital-transformation/#build_and_deploy_cuttingedge_apps_10x_faster

COGNITIVE COMPUTING GROWS UP

By 2018, over 50% of developer teams

will embed cognitive services in their apps,

compared to 1% today.5

According to Gartner, cognitive computing will

be the most disruptive trend in the history of IT.

Any way you cut it, applications are about to get

smarter. The real question is, are you prepared?

For example, have you adopted open, flexible

application development approaches that can

easily be upgraded to incorporate cognitive

computing services as they become available?

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5 https://www.idc.com/research/viewtoc.jsp?containerId=259850

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION EVOLVES BEYOND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Seventy-Eight percent of executives

reported actively pursuing or planning a

digital transformation project not directly

focused on customer experience.6

To say customer experience is incredibly

important in today’s hyper-connected world

is an understatement of epic proportions.

But if your digital transformation efforts are

focused exclusively on customer engagement,

odds are they won’t reach their potential.

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6 http://www.appian.com/assets/sites/3/trends-in-digital-transformation-survey.pdf

Appian delivers an enterprise platform for digital transformation that enables organizations to revolutionize their customer experience, optimize their business operations, and master global risk and compliance. Powered by industry-leading Business Process Management (BPM) and Case Management capabilities, Appian’s low-code approach radically accelerates the time it

takes to build and deploy powerful, modern applications, on-premises or in the cloud.

For more information, visit www.appian.com.

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