Every business wants to be agile. They want to adapt quickly to the latest trends, keep up with competitors and better serve their customers and employees. In essence, they need to move faster than ever before.

In today’s business world, the way to do that is through modern applications and APIs, and a lot of companies are already making use of them.

In fact, 85% of new workloads are deployed in containers and 83% of internet traffic is made up of API calls3.

They use microservices architecture to operate at the pace of modern business and harness DevOps to rapidly design, deploy and redefine applications as required. The speed of this agile software development, featuring continuous integration and deployment comes from a far heavier reliance on automation. Adaptive applications of this nature are built to be redefined quickly and frequently to deliver business innovation at a pace to match the market. Such speed ensures customers are served quickly and can enjoy high-quality experiences when accessing a company’s services, reducing barriers to purchase and increasing loyalty.