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Majority of Application Development Teams Rely More On SaaS Services vs. Building In-House, According to Auth0BELLEVUE, Wash., May 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Auth0, the identity platform for application builders, today released a 2020 State of Application Assembly survey, revealing that a majority of development teams are turning to best-in-class SaaS services and the adaptability of APIs for building unique features and functionalities into the many apps they are responsible for each year. Surveying 426 global technical professionals across a variety of roles (developers, engineers, CTOs, directors of engineering, software architects) and company sizes, Auth0 determined that 51% of respondents are responsible for building two to five apps per year, and more than a quarter (28%) build 6-10+ apps per year, with three-quarters of these apps being used for external audiences. There are currently more than 4.1 million apps available on leading app stores (Statista), indicating the staggering amount of development these builders are responsible for. The survey explored application builder behavior around several services and key findings included:
The accelerated timelines that come with app launches are driving teams away from in-house development and towards microservices – app ‘building blocks’ – that provide features and functionality that would be nearly impossible to build and maintain themselves. Relying on third-party services that are adaptable to their specific needs, significantly frees the team’s resources to focus on core innovation and speed-to-market. “These results confirm a trend of application development teams increasingly relying on first- and third-party APIs and external SaaS services when assembling apps, to simultaneously decrease time-to-market and increase completeness and security,” said Martin Gontovnikas, SVP of Marketing and Growth at Auth0. “Whether it’s payments, messaging, or authentication, this survey shows that teams are turning more to a ‘must-have SaaS stack’ to expedite development and enable them to focus on their core product.” The move to outsource services that are proven and fully adaptable gives application teams a competitive edge in innovation and implementation. By 2022, 90% of all apps will feature microservices architectures that improve the ability to design, debug, update, and leverage third-party code. Combined with agile/DevOps approaches and methodologies, enterprises can dramatically accelerate their ability to push out digital innovation – at 50-100x (or more) the frequency of traditional approaches (IDC). Please visit the State of Application Assembly for further details and to view all survey results. About Auth0 For more information, visit https://auth0.com or follow @auth0 on Twitter. Media Contacts: Hannah Carroll |