Gartner’s market guide for cloud development environments: volume 1

Gartner has released its first Market Guide for Cloud Development Environments (CDEs), highlighting the growing adoption of CDEs among software engineering leaders. Key drivers for adopting CDEs include productivity, security, and collaboration improvements. The guide also emphasizes the increasing use of AI in development, with 32% of developers now using AI-assisted tools. Gartner predicts that by 2028, 30% of regulated industries will mandate CDEs for security and compliance purposes. Enterprises are recommended to evaluate CDEs not just for productivity but also as a crucial component of their security and compliance strategy, while considering the total cost of ownership.