Organizations are twice as likely to have a successful digital platform if event-driven architecture (EDA) is used to build that platform. Based on a survey of 200 IT leaders, the “Gartner 2020 Building Digital Platforms Study” identified the digital platforms’ goals (e.g., efficiency, business growth) and respondents rated success based on these criteria. Overall, 67% of IT leaders with a highly successful digital platform utilize EDA. Among the remaining three-quarters of the study, only 28% utilize EDA in their platforms.
Does event-driven architecture by itself make a platform more successful? Probably not, but it is a better indicator that modern software design approaches are being used than say cloud native and agile/DevOps, both of which have become prerequisites.
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