The critical role of technology pros in emerging technology

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With the rise of digital services and development tools, the time has never been riper for launching businesses -- or new ventures within businesses -- with composable building blocks now available through APIs, microservices and cloud platforms. In other words, IT without all the IT. Where does this leave technology professionals? 

Actually, building composable businesses means more work than ever for tech pros and managers -- it just adds a new dimension to their jobs. Appropriate technologies still need to be identified, tested, implemented, and replaced. With the move to composable, "enterprises will need help at all levels - strategic consulting, business services, enterprise software, cutting-edge technologies, operations support - very little is out of scope," Rajesh Kandaswamy, a Gartner analyst, noted. While he is more specifically addressing technology product and service leaders, this is just as applicable to individual professionals as well.

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The advent of composable businesses means the technology development process will be more inclusive, suggests Matt McLarty, global field CTO and vice president of the digital transformation office at MuleSoft, a Salesforce company. I had the chance to catch up with McLarty at MuleSoft's recent summit in New York, where he provided his latest perspectives on a topic he has been evangelizing for a number of years. 

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