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Manjunath Bhat
Distinguished VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Business Value of IT
- Applications and Architecture
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Emerging Technologies
Speaker Bio
Manjunath (Manju) Bhat is a Research VP and Gartner Fellow in the software engineering practice covering technologies and practices related to DevSecOps, Generative AI, cloud-native architectures, green software engineering, open source software and software supply chain security. Mr. Bhat advises clients on initiatives that intersect software engineering, security engineering and platform engineering.
Manjunath views the impact of Generative AI on software engineering through two perspectives - Building intelligent DevOps pipelines and Building intelligent applications. He has led foundational work on improving developer experience, software bill of materials (SBOMs) and predicting the thrivability of emerging technologies. Manju launched Gartner's first edition of the Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms (2023) and the Hype Cycle for Platform Engineering (2024).
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Manjunath views the impact of Generative AI on software engineering through two perspectives - Building intelligent DevOps pipelines and Building intelligent applications. He has led foundational work on improving developer experience, software bill of materials (SBOMs) and predicting the thrivability of emerging technologies. Manju launched Gartner's first edition of the Magic Quadrant for DevOps Platforms (2023) and the Hype Cycle for Platform Engineering (2024).
Sessions
Monday, 17 November, 2025 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM IST
Ask the Expert: How CIOs Can Capture AI-Driven Productivity Gains Across the SDLC
Manjunath Bhat,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Measuring efficiency gains from AI at the task level fails to capture real productivity impact because task-level time savings do not translate to system-level gains. In this ask-the-expert session, come with your questions to learn how CIOs in leading organizations realize substantial, system-level productivity gains from AI across the software development life cycle.
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Tuesday, 18 November, 2025 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM IST
Top Strategic Trends in Software Engineering for 2025
Manjunath Bhat,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Thriving in times of intense economic and social volatility requires organizations to find new ways to empower their software engineering organization to increase productivity, efficiency and effectiveness. This session will provide Gartner's latest and best guidance on the trends CIOs, software engineering leaders and their teams should track and take action upon in 2025 and beyond.
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Wednesday, 19 November, 2025 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM IST
Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants
Manjunath Bhat,
Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
AI code assistant is an AI technology that helps developers with coding tasks, using foundation models trained on large amounts of code and related documents. Developers can prompt the assistant in natural language or code to generate new code. In this session, we will explain the market landscape, key products, and selection criteria based on the latest Magic Quadrant for AI code assistants.
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