Summary Bullets:
• DevXOps to centralize traditional siloed activities.
• Broadening integration ecosystem eases app modernization.
GlobalData’s 2025 Predictions for DevOps team members include the formalization of the development process via evolving DevXOps models, and a broadening of the platform/service providers ecosystem to better address app modernization struggles.
Prediction: DevXOps models will shift traditional siloed developer teams towards centralized developer portals
As enterprises explore the use of data analytics and AI, they are leveraging APIs to support agile development, extending from DevOps to DataOps, AIOps, SecOps, and MLOps, or what GlobalData refers to as a DevXOps. Despite these advanced technologies being made available to broader developer and IT ops audiences, operationalizing AI remains complex. Platform engineering will play a bigger role in corralling siloed developer teams towards centralized developer portals in order to improve production efficiencies and ensure proper policy controls related to security and data loss prevention.
Application modernization and cloud migration efforts among DevOps modeled teams have always taken place across varied silos. Centralized portals of developer groups within enterprises are extremely rare for a number of reasons, such as company acquisitions in which newly acquired development teams remain loyal to their own particular methods of collaboration and are reluctant to give up long-established ways of working. Enterprises are looking to formalize increasingly advanced developer-focused features involved in digital transformations including the creation of automated workflows and custom integrations, as well as hosting third-party apps and API integrations.
Prediction: Enterprises will demand a broader choice of integration expertise to support their digital consulting needs
APIs support the integration of applications and automation workflows necessary for a successful digital strategy. Enterprises are building platforms using APIs for product differentiation, monetization, and the development of new business models. Over the past year, these activities have begun reflecting a broadening ecosystem of API services providers, including telecoms and other infrastructure providers, keen to move into the app modernization space.
Despite all the hype, global enterprises continue to struggle with the containerized rollouts involved with digital transformations. The IT skills shortage is causing massive strains on DevOps modeled departments, where not only is internal expertise in short supply, but companies are also unable to find adequate professional services in the form of integrators and consultants to ensure successful business transformations. GlobalData predicts enterprises will demand access to a broader swath of technology services and support providers in 2025 stemming from the telecommunications and networking market segments. New participants helping shore up digital transformation projects will offer both infrastructure and app modernization solutions aimed at developers and IT ops teams. Telcos began formalizing new internal programs such as API services and developer hubs over the past year, and they are also beginning to partner with traditional platform providers, supplementing those solutions with consulting and systems integration services.
For more details and predictions please see 2025 Enterprise Predictions: API and DevXOps to Boost Infrastructure/App Modernization.