Lehman's Laws of Software Evolution, developed in 1974 by an IBM processing researcher (1962-1972) asserts that unless work is done to mitigate complexity across software systems, they will naturally become more complex over time, and to maintain user satisfaction software functionality must be continually increased. As true today as they were four decades ago, Lehman's eight laws form the bedrock of software development and explain why CIOs are focused on transitioning app delivery to high velocity cloud native pipelines that accelerate innovation for users across business-critical apps.

To better understand executive perspectives on the move to modern app environments, we partnered with Forbes Insights to poll over 600 CIOs.

Here's a synopsis of what we discovered.