Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 06 | Page 27

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TRENDING CIOS SAY THE NEED FOR RAPID INNOVATION PUTS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AT RISK Enterprises are constantly facing new hurdles within the workplace when it comes to innovation. Companies are striving to achieve new heights of rapid performance and efficiency of their systems and feel the pressure to deliver in order to maintain success. S oftware intelligence company, Dynatrace, has announced the findings of an independent global survey of 800 CIOs which reveals that 73% of organisations say the need for speed in digital innovation is putting customer experience at risk. The study found that on average, organisations release new software updates three times per working hour, as they push to keep up with competitive pressures and soaring consumer expectation. The results also examine the challenges organisations face as they strive to keep pace with the demand for ever-faster digital innovation. Modern organisations succeed or fail based www.intelligentcio.com on how rapidly they can innovate in the new enterprise cloud. However, the pace of change has accelerated beyond what anyone had ever imagined even a few years ago. Where organisations once delivered quarterly or even annual innovations, the end-users and consumers of today’s digital services expect a constant cycle of ‘new’, ramping up the pressure on IT to deliver the latest and greatest with increasing regularity. Amazon is widely reported to release a new software update every second; setting the bar exceptionally high for those striving to keep up. Looking ahead, 89% of CIOs said they will need to release updates even faster in “ THE CHALLENGE FOR IT IS TO DELIVER FAST, WHILE MOVING TO A CLOUD-NATIVE ARCHITECTURE AND MAINTAINING USER EXPERIENCE. INTELLIGENTCIO 27