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Get Ready for the Rise of Reactive Systems

IT architecture Get Ready for the Rise of Reactive Systems A new survey points to the rapid adoption of modern applications based on reactive system architectures. Importance of Reactive Computing While 40% of the respondent described reactive computing as “totally important,” 43% said it is gaining momentum. Reactive Computing Outlook Respondents believe that 70% of […]

Written By: Michael Vizard

Jan 12, 2016

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Get Ready for the Rise of Reactive Systems

A new survey points to the rapid adoption of modern applications based on reactive system architectures.

Importance of Reactive Computing

While 40% of the respondent described reactive computing as “totally important,” 43% said it is gaining momentum.

Reactive Computing Outlook

Respondents believe that 70% of their companies—and 80% of the most successful enterprises–will have implemented reactive computing systems by 2018.

Reactive Computing’s Current Adoption Rates

Only 13% said they have already adopted reactive computing; 26% said they plan to do so this year. More than four in 10 (41%) expect to adopt reactive computing by 2018.

Drivers of Reactive Computing Adoption

Scalability (31%), resilience (22%) and modernization (17%) are cited as the top three drivers.

Obstacles to Reactive Computing

The need to retrain existing IT staff (35%), organizational disruption (27%) and lack of senior-level management support (26%) were cited as the top three obstacles.

Where Responsibility for Innovation Lies

Development teams (52%) are responsible for taking the first step in testing new technologies or architectural concepts, followed by architects (31%).

Reactive Computing Focus

29% said they are researching or actively learning about reactive computing. Another 19% said they are just starting to look into it.

Reactive Computing Applications in Production

Only 18% said they have a reactive computing application in production, but another 16% said they are building one.

Approaches to Reactive Computing

41% said they will re-factor legacy systems, module by module; 24% plan to rewrite an existing development project to replace a legacy system; and 23% said they will “shave the existing stack” by replacing legacy bottlenecks or APIs.

Michael Vizard

Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a writer for publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight, Channel Insider and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

Get Ready for the Rise of Reactive Systems

Michael Vizard

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