Modernization means putting developers in the driver’s seat

Resilience and agility: two top-of-mind attributes for today’s enterprise organizations. As organizations face everything from talent shortages and regulatory changes to a reset in customer expectations and shifting market trends, embracing resilient and agile  IT environments is no longer negotiable.

Just how important are these practices? Research from PwC  finds organizations adopting agile practices can achieve up to a 30% gain in efficiency, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and overall performance.¹ That is a major improvement, one that gives enterprises that master agility a massive advantage in a competitive landscape.

But IT infrastructure that is both resilient and agile doesn’t just appear. To get there, IT leaders need to invest in the right tools and solutions. That means empowering developers with advanced capabilities that lets them move faster, work smarter, and deliver more for their organization and customers without adding undue risk or unnecessary complexity.

Equipping developers with AI-driven tools

Any solution under consideration should serve a clear purpose, empowering developers with more ways to build and optimize modern IT operations. This is especially true as newer generations of IT professionals continue to enter the workforce. We’re already seeing a trend: they bring expertise in emerging technologies but have limited understanding of legacy systems. As more experienced IT leaders retire, AI-driven tools will play a critical role in closing this gap.

That’s where capabilities that make knowledge more accessible to developers become crucial. For instance, natural language interfaces, like those found in Rocket Software’s Skills and Efficiency solution, can make it easier for developers to query data or generate reports without needing deep domain expertise. These solution sets also offer AI-assisted workload automation that can streamline processes and reduce manual overhead. These innovations help developers onboard faster, reducing time-to-value and allowing developers to spend more time on creating meaningful business outcomes instead of getting bogged down in menial tasks.

With less time spent searching for content and handling manual processes, organizations can maintain institutional knowledge and data integrity while matching system capabilities with a much wider pool of IT professionals. That enables a level of agility and operational resilience they may have previously thought to be impossible.

Driving scalable impact through operational efficiency

Effective modernization also requires an intense focus on operational resilience. Risk is ever-present for IT teams. Whether it’s a natural disaster or a massive cyberattack, the result remains the same—downtime and exposure that could spell disaster for any organization. And with more governmental bodies putting emphasis on resilience, it’s never been more important to prioritize solutions that have key elements like AI-powered monitoring, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics baked in. These tools enable IT teams to work more strategically—shifting from reactive maintenance to proactive innovation.

Automation also plays a crucial role, helping reduce the burden on IT teams by handling repetitive or complex tasks and allowing them to focus on more value-driven initiatives. That shift in responsibility means IT departments become much more scalable, impactful, and more deeply aligned with broader business goals.

Building a scalable and resilient future

Long-lasting business success and growth is built on systems that embrace agility and resilience. Getting to that point means empowering developers. Organizations must prioritize solutions that empower their developers and ensure operational efficiency at scale. In doing so, they create a workforce that is prepared and able to scale with the future of IT operations.

Learn more about how Rocket Software can help your organization modernize, without disruption.

1 “2024 Cloud and AI Business Survey,” PwC.com.