The Business Value of Platform Engineering
Discover how strategic investment in a developer platform transforms struggling hardware-software product teams into innovation powerhouses.
The Challenge: Trapped by Hardware Bottlenecks
Hardware-software co-verification is a critical step, but reliance on physical hardware leads to significant bottlenecks. This creates friction, slows down progress, and results in costly technical debt.
Limited Access
Hardware is a shared, physical resource creating wait times and scheduling conflicts.
Frequent Conflicts
Conflicting versions or configurations cause failures and time-consuming resets.
The “Quick Fix” Cycle
Expensive, time-consuming testing leads to short-term patches and a growing, unmaintainable codebase.
Lost Time from Inefficiency
A staggering 42% of a developer’s time is wasted on non-coding tasks like environment setup, debugging, and resolving conflicts.
The Rising Cost of Technical Debt
Global technical debt has doubled in the last decade, and it requires a significant percentage of a company’s budget to manage. Some companies spend 30% to 40% of their budget on massive transformation programs after letting debt accumulate.
The Turning Point: Investing in Emulation
Emulation and virtual environments allow developers to shift-left, enabling them to test and verify code against a virtual model of the hardware. This empowers teams to work faster, independently, and with greater certainty.
Virtual Environments
Instant, self-service access for every developer, eliminating bottlenecks.
Pre-Silicon Validation
Test and debug code against hardware that doesn’t physically exist yet.
Accelerated Velocity
Reduced friction enables teams to deliver new features faster.
Reduce Time-to-Market
By providing “golden paths” and self-service tools, IDPs can cut the time needed to deploy new features and upgrades by a significant margin. Forrester reports a 25% faster time-to-market for Cortex IDP customers.
Impact on Engineering Velocity & Quality
Case studies, like the Forrester report on Cortex, show that these platforms can lead to a 20% increase in developer productivity through automation and streamlined workflows.
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- Cortex.(2024). *The 2024 State of Developer Productivity.* Retrieved from https://www.cortex.io/report/the-2024-state-of-developer-productivity
- Oliver Wyman.(2024). *The $6 Trillion Technical Debt Challenge.* Retrieved from https://www.oliverwyman.com/our-expertise/insights/2024/jul/reducing-technical-debt.html
- Forrester Consulting.(2024). *The Total Economic Impact™ Of Cortex IDP.* Retrieved from https://go.cortex.io/forrester-tei_report_reg.html”
- Simform.(2023). *6 Success Stories Where Application Modernization Helped Reduce Tech Debt.* Retrieved from https://www.simform.com/blog/application-modernization-to-reduce-tech-debt/
- Salesforce Engineering. (2023). *The Secret Behind Increasing Salesforce’s Developer Velocity.* Retrieved from https://engineering.salesforce.com/what-is-the-secret-behind-increasing-salesforces-developer-velocity/
- McKinsey & Company. (2023). *The business value of developer velocity.* Retrieved from https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/the-business-value-of-developer-velocity”
Note: The data points are synthesized from multiple reports and may not reflect a single, exact figure from one source. The infographic provides a generalized, representative view of industry trends.