Meet The Digital Architects Of Your Technology Strategy

November 4th, 2016

Ted Schadler VP, Principal Analyst

Jeffrey Hammond

Mark Grannan

Adrian Chapman

With contributors:

Christopher Mines , Theresa Pappafotopoulos , Allison Cazalet , Christine Turley

Summary

A new cadre of software experts we call digital architects is transforming technology architecture with open source software, cloud services, and Agile development. Application development and delivery professionals should empower this advanced group of technology thinkers — about 9% of the developer workforce, skewing young — and harness their commitment to using software to deliver superior customer experiences. This report defines the digital architect population in North America and Europe using data from Forrester's developer survey.

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