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AI has already begun to upend that equation. Today, the conversation inside many technology companies is no longer centred on how many engineers they can hire, but on how effectively those engineers can work alongside AI. Productivity, rather than workforce size, is emerging as the metric that matters.

“No company is 100 per cent sure yet as to how this is all going to play out,” says Adler, Chief Technology and Product Officer, N-able.

What the company is seeing already, however, is difficult to ignore. Software development cycles are shrinking, product teams are delivering features faster, and AI is beginning to alter long-held assumptions about how technology organisations scale. “Our ability to deliver features end-to-end, that cycle time is shrinking by large multiples,” Adler says.

The observation captures a pivotal moment not only for N-able but for the wider software industry. As AI becomes embedded into engineering workflows, technology companies...

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