Network

Developers Gear Up for Rapid Adoption of 5G

Seventy percent of developers worldwide expect 5G to dominate in their countries within the next 2 years, according to Evans Data’s just released Global Development Survey. The survey, conducted in 6 languages across 120 countries showed a large appetite for 5G, but with significant differences between regions. For example, in North America, where adoption uptakeContinue Reading “Developers Gear Up for Rapid Adoption of 5G”

Global

Worldwide Professional Developer Population of 24 Million Projected to Grow amid Shifting Geographical Concentrations

The current worldwide population of professional developers is projected to grow from 23.9 million today to 28.7 million in 2024 according to the de facto authority on worldwide developer populations, Evans Data’s Global Developer Population and Demographic Study. The study, now in its 26th iteration was recently released to subscribers. It combines intensive secondary researchContinue Reading “Worldwide Professional Developer Population of 24 Million Projected to Grow amid Shifting Geographical Concentrations”

Demographics

Female Programmers Driven by Different Motives than Men

Amid a push to get more women into STEM careers, Evans Data’s newly released Developer Marketing 2019 survey report found significant differences in the reasons for entering the software development industry as well as most important career driver between women and men. The plurality of women (33%) said the most important driver in their developmentContinue Reading “Female Programmers Driven by Different Motives than Men”

DevOps

New Survey Shows Cracks and Convergence in DevOps Today

DevOps promotes and facilitates the coordination between the software developers who create apps and the operations personnel who deploy them, but as the newly released Evans Data survey DevOps 2019 shows the two groups often have very different ideas. The survey of 250 developers and 250 IT operations professionals does show convergence in many areasContinue Reading “New Survey Shows Cracks and Convergence in DevOps Today”