Cloud AI adoption gap addressed through hands-on labs; MongoDB up 20.4%, ServiceNow up 9.2%, Microsoft up 2.3%

According to Instruqt's 2026 State of Developer Adoption Report, software companies face operational hurdles including team misalignment and maintaining content accuracy amid frequent product updates in the Cloud AI landscape.

Hands-on labs have proven effective in accelerating developer productivity by approximately 50%, with a shift in focus toward integrating marketing, sales, and educational efforts into cohesive hands-on experiences.

Stock movements: MongoDB finished at $403.88, up 20.4%; ServiceNow finished at $135.86, up 9.2%; Microsoft ended at $460.52, up 2.3%; Alphabet settled at $376.37, down 1%; Samsung SDS ended at ₩301,500, down 16.7%.

On Monday, NVIDIA and Microsoft announced a partnership to enhance Windows devices with robust, secure platforms for AI agents (software that makes decisions and performs tasks autonomously), leveraging NVIDIA's RTX Spark technology.