7 Big Digital Transformation Trends - DevOps.com

As enterprises continue their rush to digitally transform their organizations, they're investing big in retooling their software development pipelines, new artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA) technologies and low-code development platforms, as well as putting considerable money into customer engagement software. Yet, the extent of success following these investments remains unclear and varies significantly from industry to industry. To shine a light on the digital transformation efforts currently underway, as well as the degree of their success, we've collected a number of fascinating trends in the most essential areas of digital transformation. According to the consultancy KMPG, enterprise investments in AI, machine learning, and RPA will rise to $232 billion by 2025 from $12.4 billion in 2018. "Nearly two-thirds of respondents indicate plans to fully implement RPA within three years. As for cognitive automation, nearly half noted intentions to use these approaches at scale within 3 years, while 29% indicated selective reliance on cognitive automation capabilities. Some 10% said they would launch pilots and proof of concept projects," according to the report.