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Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM BST

Gartner Opening Keynote: Turtles All The Way UP: Climbing the Ladder of Abstraction in 2023 and Beyond

Danny Brian, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Jason Wong, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Whether we’re building custom solutions, buying off-the-shelf applications, or borrowing from open source, one thing is certain: Yesterday’s platforms are today’s legacy, and today’s best practices become tomorrow’s antipatterns.
As technologists, we have all moved up the ladder in our processes and methodologies. So what does “build versus buy” look like in 2023, and how will it look in the future? Join us to find out!

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Strategic Roadmap to Becoming a World-Class Software Engineering Organization

Dave Micko, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

As software eats the world, software engineering teams play a critical role in creating new business value. IT and software engineering leaders can use this strategic roadmap to transform your software engineering organization to become more resilient, adaptable, and efficient in delivering business-changing digital products.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM BST

Strengthen Your Employment Value Proposition to Attract and Retain Great Software Engineering Talent

阿基Sklavounakis,老主任Analyst, Gartner

Attracting, developing and retaining talent continues to be one of the top challenges for software engineering leaders, despite the staffing adjustments carried out by big tech. This session will provide practical advice to software engineering leaders to strengthen all areas of the employment value proposition so they can attract and retain the right talent for their organization.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 12:30 PM - 01:15 PM BST

Ask The Expert: From a Whisper to a Scream: Growing Software Engineering Competency in Your Organization

Dave Micko, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Every engineering leader wants to make their organization more effective at delivering business value, but what if you have to do that under hyperscale conditions? New projects, new responsibilities, and increased funding are all good challenges to have, but what worked with a small team will not necessarily work when your team increases dramatically, your scope is enterprisewide and leadership is expecting results. Hear some practical tips from organizations that Gartner has been talking to.

Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST

7 Big DEI Mistakes and How Application Leaders Can Avoid Them

Rob O'Donohue, VP Analyst, Gartner

Common but avoidable mistakes can keep organizations from achieving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) advancement. This session shows CIOs the DEI pitfalls to evade and how to develop a measurable action plan that leads to progress on this key organizational priority.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM BST

Contract Negotiation Clinic: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure

Simone Cleminson, Sr Principal, Advisory, Gartner

Negotiations on large IaaS agreements often involve substantial commitments and risk. Each cloud vendor has its own set of standards and exceptions that implicate the pricing outcome. In this interactive clinic, we will review the critical differences and similarities to be aware of when negotiating with these competing cloud providers to assist in achieving the most optimal contract.

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Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM BST

Research Discussion: How Can Software Engineering Leaders Drive Greater Business Value From Software Delivery

Akriti Kapoor, Director, Research, Gartner

Despite delivering more software faster than ever, software engineering teams still struggle to maximize the value of their software, especially given the recent disruptive business environment. Generating greater value in this environment requires software engineering teams to continuously identify and capitalize on high-value opportunities. In this research, we will review real-world examples from Petrobras and Aon on how software engineering leaders can guide their teams on the path to value delivery.

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Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM BST

Orchestrate the Full Potential of Enterprise Agility by Applying Three Key Strategies

Mukul Saha, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Despite the benefits of agile, only 31% of organizations have adopted it widely. Many of these organizations even need to extend the benefits beyond their software development teams. We will explore three proven strategies that leaders can implement to unlock the full potential of organizational agility. All three examples are based on widely published case studies.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM BST

Keynote: Leadership That Builds and Retains High-Performing Teams

Mbula Schoen, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

The success and ability of an organization to achieve its digital ambitions is dependent on high-performing teams. However, the conditions under which a team becomes high-performing have shifted and organizations are struggling to retain top talent as IT employees are increasingly leaving not their jobs, but their managers. This keynote shares key characteristics IT leaders must focus on to develop quality people managers who can effectively lead, motivate and engage their teams.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST

Patterns and Anti-Patterns in Team Structures for Software Engineering Organizations

Matthew Hotle, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Organization design team reporting structures that support, rather than impede, agile and product delivery are key success factors for software engineering leaders. While it's true that there's no one 'right' organizational and reporting structure, there are a set of patterns - and anti-patterns - that form a set of best practices.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM BST

Roundtable: Women in IT

Anne Thomas, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Akriti Kapoor, Director, Research, Gartner

Although women make up nearly half of the global workforce, women are only 31% of IT employees. Unlike other professions where women have made significant strides to reach leadership positions, only 22% of IT leaders are women. This Roundtable discussion will explore the questions:
1) What holds women back from attaining leadership roles in IT?
2) What keys to success can we learn from women CIOs, software engineering leaders, and female senior business executives in technology companies?
3) What changes are being tried to better attract, retain, and promote women in IT?

Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM BST

Use Progressive a Layering Approach to Upskill and Develop Employees

Mbula Schoen, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

The unpredictable nature of work is changing how we address skills development. Application leaders need to think beyond current job-related skills and upskill employees holistically for a future-ready workforce. In this session application leaders will learn to utilize a progressive-layering model to develop well-rounded employees.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM BST

Roundtable: The Culture Shift: New Practices and Norms That Make Hybrid Work "Work?"

Rob O'Donohue, VP Analyst, Gartner

Application leaders and teams have embraced a hybrid model of work. However, culture challenges have emerged in this new way of working and can be a limiting factor for productivity. At this roundtable, application leaders will share their culture challenges and explain the practical steps they've taken to ensure employees remain aligned and connected to the evolving culture.

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Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST

应用程序从歌剧领导人可以学习唱什么歌ers, Hot Yoga, and Synchronized Swimmers

Rob O'Donohue, VP Analyst, Gartner

With complexity and uncertainty on the rise, application leaders must now overcome new problems and priorities that require them to look for new ways to lead. Application leaders can apply insights taken from non-obvious disciplines to become more effective and thrive.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM BST

Ask the Expert: The New Art of Building High-Performing Teams

Mbula Schoen, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

The radical change in people's mindset toward work and the new ways of working has shifted the expectations of employees. This has led to new conditions under which a team becomes high-performing.
In this session, we will discuss the new seven characteristics of a high-performing team.

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Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM BST

Face It, You Are Shipping Your Org Chart

Dave Micko, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Engineering leaders are faced with the challenge of delivering software in complex ecosystems, and existing in an organization that is not necessarily optimized for software delivery. This session will illustrate how to ask teams to visualize and express their architectural context in tandem with their understanding of their place in the organizational structure, creating a shared vision of optimizing both to deliver business value.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

The Key Components of a Successful Enterprise Applications Strategy

Matthew Hotle, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

This presentation will outline the key components of a successful enterprise application strategy and will answer the questions 1) How do I create an overarching strategy for my enterprise application portfolios? 2) How do I ensure alignment between the application strategy and business stakeholder priorities? 3) How do I understand and measure business stakeholder priorities?

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM BST

Top Trend: Composable Applications as Digital Platforms

Yefim Natis, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Composability promises business modern agility, resilience, adaptability and growth. Understanding the fundamentals of composable architecture, the initial steps and the roadmap to maturity helps leading organizations control the risks and costs of change, while gradually advancing the modern digital business experience. This session will cover why a change of mindset is essential for sustainable digital modernization toward advanced composable business experience.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST

Driving a Successful ERP Consolidation Strategy: Do's and Don'ts

Dixie John, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Tomas Kienast, Director Analyst, Gartner

As organizations seek global operations enablement and cost optimization opportunities, consolidating different ERP applications and instances turns into a priority in application strategies. This presentation is aimed at application leaders that need to address the typical challenges and pitfalls of such approaches and discuss alternatives to the usual "single global instance of ERP.."

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM BST

The Application Leader's Journey to Digital Employee Experience Success

Tim Nelms, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Technology has been the great enabler of distributed and hybrid work and application leaders now co-own employee experience. But your organization will fall short in readying for the future of work if you rely on a tech-led approach. Join this session for guidance down the path to transforming your workplace and workforce.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST

The Evolving Role of Application Megavendors and System Integrators in the Future of Enterprise Software

Yefim Natis, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

As enterprises modernize their technology platforms to deal with the accelerating pace of change, they need to shift from a "build vs. buy" strategy to a "build and buy and assemble" one which drives a major shift in the role of the application megavendors and global system integrators for your organization. This session will highlight the strategies of your strategic vendors to help inform strategy and architecture decisions.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM BST

Workshop: How to Apply Gartner's 5Rs Framework for Cloud Migration Decision Making

Richard Watson, VP Analyst, Gartner

Learn how to apply the Gartner 5Rs framework to cloud migration decisions and what lessons clients have learned the hard way over 10 years of controversial cloud migration and decision making. This session takes a use-case approach to illustrate the important migration criteria to uncover and prioritize when deciding between rehost, revise, rearchitect, rebuild and replace cloud migration decisions.

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Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM BST

Workshop: Application Developers and Engineer Leadership Guide to Business Capability Mapping

Philip Allega, VP Analyst, Gartner

Some believe such concepts are many abstraction layers away from your daily work. Some may say, "If it's not code, I don't need to know." If you're on product teams, fusion teams, or supporting the justification of fixing something in production or doing something new, you need this today. Explore the rules of developing such models and develop use cases within this interactive workshop.

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Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM BST

Roundtable: Applications Strategy Through the Lens of Total Experience

Tim Nelms, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Total experience is a framework that can be used to align applications strategy with business outcomes by interlinking customer, operational and employee experience. TX provides a framework for evaluating markets and vendors, which helps architects choose the most appropriate applications based on the user's experience. In this lightly-moderated session, you will learn how to apply TX to your application portfolio through a roundtable discussion with your peers.

Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST

你数字员工的经验Superapps

Jason Wong, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Superapps is one of Gartner's top strategic technology trends in 2023 because its reach is becoming global and its impact is not just on consumers but also on workforces. Learn why superapps will become an essential part of the digital employee experience, what are the technologies behind them and how application leaders can create a successful superapp strategy.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM BST

Ask the Expert: ERP Implementation and Consolidation Dos and Don'ts

As organizations seek global operations enablement and cost optimization opportunities, consolidating different ERP applications and instances becomes a priority in application strategies. This question and answer session is aimed at application leaders who must address such approaches' typical challenges and pitfalls and discuss alternatives to the usual "single global instance of ERP."

Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM BST

How to Prove the Value of Software Development Initiatives

Akriti Kapoor, Director, Research, Gartner

Traditional linear-value models and ROI assessments focus too narrowly on shareholder value, and fail to provide a comprehensive view of the impact of software development initiatives. To ensure value-driven decisions, and build compelling business cases and funding requests, this session will guide software engineering leaders to effectively link their technology outcomes to business outcomes.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM BST

Debunking the Myths to Enable Agile in ERP Strategies

Dixie John, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Moving away from traditional ERP support models is turning into a goal for many organizations seeking to better align with continuous improvement approaches. This presentation aims to provide guidance on the best practices and how should customers start that journey, beyond applying methodologies, which are not always enough to address all the challenges for complex packaged apps like ERP.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM BST

Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms

Paul Vincent, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Organizations are increasingly adopting low-code application platforms (LCAPs) to enable developers in IT and business to quickly deliver new solutions and modernize business capabilities. Join this session to learn how applications and software engineering leaders can use the Enterprise LCAP Magic Quadrant to navigate the vast and diverse vendor landscape.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Top Strategic Technology Trends in Software Engineering

Joachim Herschmann, VP Analyst, Gartner

Software engineering leaders are under continuous pressure to adopt modern architectures and technologies. To do this well, these leaders and their teams need to know which trends have the greatest potential impact for their digital business efforts within an actionable planning horizon. This session will provide Gartner's latest and best guidance on the trends these leaders and their architects and engineers should be tracking, and taking action upon in 2023 and beyond.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM BST

Ask the Expert: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Low-Code Evaluation, Adoption and Governance

Kyle Davis, VP Analyst, Gartner

This session will allow attendees to ask a Gartner expert on low-code, questions related to the evaluation, adoption and governance of low-code platforms and get responses that highlight the good, the bad and the ugly about low code.

Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM BST

Transforming Resourcing and Funding Models for Product-Centric Delivery

Akriti Kapoor, Director, Research, Gartner

To deliver high-value software in the face of increasing disruption and the need for responsiveness, progressive software engineering leaders are shifting a growing share of delivery work from projects to product-centric delivery models. However, this requires significant transformations to your resourcing and funding models. This session will provide insights to help software engineering leaders get product-centric funding and resourcing right, supported by real-world examples.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST

The Things Your Software Engineers Need to Know About AI and Machine Learning

Van Baker, VP Analyst, Gartner

AI and ML models are changing the nature of applications. Many software engineers do not have an understanding of AI and ML models and how they can impact application performance. This session will describe use cases for AI and ML models, how models work, and the potential impact on application performance, scaling, usability, and operations.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM BST

Ask the Expert: How Platform Engineering Can Help Scale Agile and DevOps Efforts

Bill Blosen, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

In this interactive session, the expert will aim to dispel the myths and misconceptions surrounding platform engineering. For example, attendees can ask questions about the difference between platform engineering and DevOps and how it differs from infrastructure and operations, what managing platforms as products mean, and how to kickstart a platform engineering initiative.

Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM BST

Roundtable: Preparing Your Applications for Machine Learning Models

Van Baker, VP Analyst, Gartner

Enterprises are awash in data that can be used to build machine learning models. These models can predict the next best actions, score prospects, assess risk, classify unstructured content, automate manual processes, and many other capabilities that deliver valuable insights to the workforce. Models are increasingly embedded in applications to automate or enhance business processes.

Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST

Technical Insights Crossfire: Using Low-Code Application Platforms in the Enterprise

Kyle Davis, VP Analyst, Gartner

Danny Brian, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Low code application platforms (LCAPs) aim to provide companies with rapid development tools to deliver business outcomes rapidly. To be successful, these platforms must cater to both professional developers and citizen developers. This crossfire session helps you evaluate use cases and adoption considerations for LCAPs in the enterprise as it relates to software delivery, governance, security and operations.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM BST

Ask The Expert: When and How to Use Generative AI to Improve Developer Experience

Matt Brasier, VP Analyst, Gartner

The capabilities of generative AI models to create code appear impressive but using these tools carries risks. For every blog post or video showing a tool writing a complete application and heralding the end of software development as a discipline, there is one demonstrating spectacular failures. This ask-the-expert session will let you dive into Gartner's research on if, when, and how using generative AI can improve your developer experience.

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Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM BST

Strategic Roadmap to Delivering Digital Products That Drive Business Results

阿基Sklavounakis,老主任Analyst, Gartner

Digital technology initiatives are the top strategic business priority. Software engineering leaders can use this strategic roadmap to transform how the software engineering organization works with key stakeholders to build and deliver digital products and experiences to drive business results.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM BST

AI-Augmented Testing — What It Is and Why It Matters

Joachim Herschmann, VP Analyst, Gartner

Applying AI and machine learning to quality assurance will help determine the value of automation for QA and testing, and help identify how automation can support new ways of working in agile and DevOps environments. This session covers:
• What are the main use cases for AI in testing?
• How can you prepare for the impact of a future of AI-driven testing?

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST

Enterprise Implications of Generative AI and Large Language Models

Van Baker, VP Analyst, Gartner

Due to their massive scale and broad use-case applicability, large language models, such as GPT-4, are a significant AI advancement, but there risks and limitations that will require new approaches from enterprises that are not yet fully understood. In this session, we evaluate the benefits, risks and opportunities that large language models present to the enterprise.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST

Using Platform Engineering to Improve Developer Productivity, Retention and Morale

Bill Blosen, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Modern application delivery aims to be fluid, continuous and distributed. But the patterns and practices we adopt to deliver our microservices, cloud-native architectures, DevOps, and multi-channel apps drive up the cognitive load on our development teams. In this session, we'll learn how to use a platform engineering approach to deliver a developer experience that balances productivity and control.

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Workshop: How to Select the Right Low-Code Tool for the Job

Kyle Davis, VP Analyst, Gartner

Hundreds of low-code tools claim to do very similar things. How do application leaders ensure that the right tools are selected for the use cases that you need to address? Come join this workshop for a Gartner framework to help determine the right tool for the job.

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Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM BST

Use the Technology Adoption Roadmap to Reshape Software Delivery and Drive Business Value

Mukul Saha, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Gartner’s technology adoption roadmap for software engineering leaders helps clients benchmark their technology adoption plans for multiple software engineering domains. This roadmap harnesses the collective wisdom of your peers to identify trends in deployment plans, value and risk factors for 47 technologies across experience and design, deployment and operations, security and verification, and development platforms and tools.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM BST

What You Need to Know About Java Licensing and Java Runtime Options

Anne Thomas, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

In 2019, Oracle changed its licensing model for Oracle Java SE. Since then, Oracle has revised its licensing model and support subscriptions a few times, generating confusion amongst users. This session will explain the licensing and subscription requirements, as well as discuss alternatives to Oracle Java SE and a framework for choosing a Java runtime.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Advanced Roadmapping for Software Engineering Leaders

Philip Allega, VP Analyst, Gartner

Leaders of software engineering are buffeted by problems of the moment, new opportunities for investment today, and new IT on the horizon. Jumping from one-time horizon to another is firefighting. Simultaneously connective past risk, today’s investments, and the future of 2 or more years is the new imperative. Use this session to learn how to visualize the state of change beyond today's budget alone.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM BST

Workshop: How to Kickstart Platform Engineering in Your Organization

Bill Blosen, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

产品团队经常使用脱节的tools and struggle to navigate increasingly complex architectural choices and security requirements. Software engineering leaders must kickstart platform engineering to improve the developer experience and accelerate value delivery. We will describe this Gartner key strategic technology trend and give pragmatic steps to implement it in your organization.

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Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM BST

Strategic Roadmap to Adopting Modern Architectures and Technologies

Anne Thomas, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Legacy application systems based on outdated technology and archaic application architectures carry significant technical debt that causes serious risks and stymies agility and innovation. Software engineering leaders must develop a migration plan to reduce technical debt and adopt modern application architectures and technologies.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM BST

Accelerate Developer Productivity with Self-Service Platforms

Aaron Harrison, Director Analyst, Gartner

Happier developers are more productive. Enable developer autonomy and self-service through platform teams. Learn how adidas' central platform engineering team offers standardization of common activities as an attractive, value-add service that enables product teams to create high-quality solutions faster without reducing their autonomy in higher-value activities.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM BST

Guide to Low-Code Technologies, and Where and When They Are Used

Paul Vincent, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Low-code technologies often get misinterpreted as being for citizen developers. But rapid application development, process engineering, decision engineering and more have always been relevant to software teams. Join this session to understand where these fit and when to use them.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST

Application Composition for Software Engineering Leaders

Paul Vincent, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

什么是工程过程和交流是谁tors in application composition? How do your enterprise architects contribute, and how do you decide to build or buy your business services representing your core capabilities?

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM BST

Technical Insights: Right-Sizing (Micro)services

Gary Olliffe, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Microservices architecture is becoming commonplace, but many organizations struggle with finding the "right size" for services and microservices. The answer is not some arbitrary number of lines of code, nor is it "as small as possible." This session provides pragmatic guidance for determining when and why to split services apart and when to keep them together.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM BST

Technical Insights: You Can't Buy Cloud-Native Application Architecture; You Have to Build It

Richard Watson, VP Analyst, Gartner

你可以买云服务,平台和frameworks, but they don't replace the work of skilled architects and engineers. You need to build the things you need. This session maps your cloud adoption goals, through characteristics of the cloud model, to cloud-native architecture principles as expressed in Gartner's LIFESPAR acronym and design patterns for implementation.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM BST

Ask the Expert: Microservices Architecture

Gary Olliffe, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Microservices architecture is popular, but many organizations are still coming up to speed on when, why and how to apply this pattern to increase agility, flexibility and scalability. This session provides an opportunity to speak directly with a Gartner expert on microservices architecture.

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Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM BST

Ask The Expert: Understanding and Building Composable Applications

Yefim Natis, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Balancing build and buy decisions to deliver business value inevitably leads to composable applications. This session is an opportunity to ask Gartner, and hear from your peers, about the best practices of adopting composable application architecture. Bring your questions on application design, organization and process, vendors and products, leadership and culture.

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Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM BST

Technical Insights: Use Microservices Orchestration Patterns and Frameworks to Build Anti-Fragile Applications

Matt Brasier, VP Analyst, Gartner

A microservices architecture requires multiple services to work together to deliver an outcome, yet coordinating microservices is often done as an afterthought. Choreography provides scaling and flexibility benefits, but makes it hard to ensure end-to-end outcomes. Microservices orchestration frameworks are an emerging approach for orchestrating processes. This session will explain the patterns of microservices orchestration and demonstrate how these emerging frameworks can help.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM BST

Augmented Integration Technology Rebalances the Integration Work a Human and an AI Will Do

Keith Guttridge, VP Analyst, Gartner

Use of AI within integration technologies shows early promises for integrating systems, platforms and things that are multiplying so quickly that humans struggle to amass them. Software Engineering leaders responsible for integration will need to determine how auto-adjusting or self-learning AI approaches offer new ways and create alliance between human and digital integrators.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM BST

Technical Insights: Who Needs an iPaaS Anyway? How to Use Code to Deliver Integration

Matt Brasier, VP Analyst, Gartner

Integration is often seen as the domain of iPaaS and ETL, but many organizations are seeking to harness their application developers and platforms to deliver integration logic. This session will show you how to ensure that your application delivery teams can leverage their existing tools and languages to build integration logic while ensuring they deliver on the integration goals and principles of your enterprise.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST

Technical Insights: Battle of the APIs — Will REST be Toppled by GraphQL, gRPC or AsyncAPI?

Gary Olliffe, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

APIs have transformed our approach to software and integration architecture. They are the foundation of digital business agility, microservices and composability. But the ubiquitous REST API has limitations that GraphQL, gRPC and AsyncAPI aim to address. This session will explore their various capabilities, impact and when you should use them.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM BST

3 Tenets Of A Successful API Security Strategy

Akash Jain, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner

Enterprises are producing and consuming APIs at a rate that far outpaces the maturity of application and network security practices and technologies. Unmanaged and unsecured APIs create vulnerabilities that could accelerate multimillion-dollar security incidents. This presentation will focus on the key facets of API security in terms of tools, technologies and practices.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM BST

Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service

Keith Guttridge, VP Analyst, Gartner

Enterprise integration platform as a service (iPaaS) is a second generation, cloud-based integration technology used to connect on-premises, cloud-based and mobile applications and data. In this session, we discuss how the provider landscape is changing and how you can discern what’s the best type of iPaaS for your needs.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM BST

What Applications Teams Need to Know About Data Hubs, Lakes, Warehouses, Meshes and Fabrics

Henry Cook, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner

Data is too often left as an afterthought by software and applications teams. Understanding the key elements and patterns of the data landscape will help your teams make better decisions and smooth the path to support your organizations' data and analytics strategy. In this session we'll cover the key data architecture patterns that applications teams need to learn and the data use cases they support.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM BST

Integrating Security Into DevOps

Aaron Harrison, Director Analyst, Gartner

方便和适应每一个安全卫生step. Learn how to promote shared accountability and leverage agile tools into the security process. Scale their information security teams into DevOps using a security champion/coach model.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM BST

Trends and Use Cases for Event-Driven Architecture

Keith Guttridge, VP Analyst, Gartner

Interest in event-driven architecture (EDA) is increasing but pick the wrong technology and you will struggle to deliver. Come learn about the latest trends in EDA, the four major use cases of EDA and some tips and tricks to ensure success.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM BST

What's Next After RPA? Hyperautomation: Strategies and Tools for Best Business Outcomes

Akash Jain, Sr Principal Analyst, Gartner

Hyperautomation is one of the top growth-related priorities for application & SWEL leaders as they adapt to evolving expectations about the future of work. We will explore strategies and tools leaders can adopt to unlock the full potential of Hyperautomation.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST

7 Big DEI Mistakes and How Application Leaders Can Avoid Them

Rob O'Donohue, VP Analyst, Gartner

Common but avoidable mistakes can keep organizations from achieving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) advancement. This session shows CIOs the DEI pitfalls to evade and how to develop a measurable action plan that leads to progress on this key organizational priority.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM BST

Roundtable: Women in IT

Anne Thomas, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Akriti Kapoor, Director, Research, Gartner

Although women make up nearly half of the global workforce, women are only 31% of IT employees. Unlike other professions where women have made significant strides to reach leadership positions, only 22% of IT leaders are women. This Roundtable discussion will explore the questions:
1) What holds women back from attaining leadership roles in IT?
2) What keys to success can we learn from women CIOs, software engineering leaders, and female senior business executives in technology companies?
3) What changes are being tried to better attract, retain, and promote women in IT?

Please Note: Based on availability and eligibility you may sign-up for the session via Conference Navigator after you register for this conference.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM BST

Technical Insights: Who Needs an iPaaS Anyway? How to Use Code to Deliver Integration

Matt Brasier, VP Analyst, Gartner

Integration is often seen as the domain of iPaaS and ETL, but many organizations are seeking to harness their application developers and platforms to deliver integration logic. This session will show you how to ensure that your application delivery teams can leverage their existing tools and languages to build integration logic while ensuring they deliver on the integration goals and principles of your enterprise.

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023 / 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM BST

Technical Insights: Battle of the APIs — Will REST be Toppled by GraphQL, gRPC or AsyncAPI?

Gary Olliffe, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

APIs have transformed our approach to software and integration architecture. They are the foundation of digital business agility, microservices and composability. But the ubiquitous REST API has limitations that GraphQL, gRPC and AsyncAPI aim to address. This session will explore their various capabilities, impact and when you should use them.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM BST

Technical Insights Crossfire: Using Low-Code Application Platforms in the Enterprise

Kyle Davis, VP Analyst, Gartner

Danny Brian, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Low code application platforms (LCAPs) aim to provide companies with rapid development tools to deliver business outcomes rapidly. To be successful, these platforms must cater to both professional developers and citizen developers. This crossfire session helps you evaluate use cases and adoption considerations for LCAPs in the enterprise as it relates to software delivery, governance, security and operations.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM BST

Technical Insights: Right-Sizing (Micro)services

Gary Olliffe, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner

Microservices architecture is becoming commonplace, but many organizations struggle with finding the "right size" for services and microservices. The answer is not some arbitrary number of lines of code, nor is it "as small as possible." This session provides pragmatic guidance for determining when and why to split services apart and when to keep them together.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM BST

Technical Insights: You Can't Buy Cloud-Native Application Architecture; You Have to Build It

Richard Watson, VP Analyst, Gartner

你可以买云服务,平台和frameworks, but they don't replace the work of skilled architects and engineers. You need to build the things you need. This session maps your cloud adoption goals, through characteristics of the cloud model, to cloud-native architecture principles as expressed in Gartner's LIFESPAR acronym and design patterns for implementation.

Thursday, 14 September, 2023 / 04:30 PM - 05:00 PM BST

Technical Insights: Use Microservices Orchestration Patterns and Frameworks to Build Anti-Fragile Applications

Matt Brasier, VP Analyst, Gartner

A microservices architecture requires multiple services to work together to deliver an outcome, yet coordinating microservices is often done as an afterthought. Choreography provides scaling and flexibility benefits, but makes it hard to ensure end-to-end outcomes. Microservices orchestration frameworks are an emerging approach for orchestrating processes. This session will explain the patterns of microservices orchestration and demonstrate how these emerging frameworks can help.

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