LOGIN | REGISTER NOW | SUBSCRIBE
 

Five changes for application development in 2010


By David Rubinstein
Email    print   
January 5, 2010 —  (Page 1 of 2)
“The new normal is lean and mean.”

So begins a report released yesterday by Forrester Research Inc. titled “The Top Five Changes For Application Development in 2010.”

Lean and mean, according to Forrester analysts Mike Gualtieri, John Rymer and Jeffrey Hammond, refers to cutting costs in the current difficult economy while making sure an intense focus is kept on the IT projects that will most help the business. “This will usually mean knowing what matters most in a project. Is it user experience, a process simplification, or a re-architecture?” the authors wrote.

The first change, according to the report, involves embracing cloud computing as an emerging platform. This will speed delivery of custom applications by enabling organizations to leverage infrastructure-as-a-service platforms, rather than having to buy, install, and configure servers, storage and networks.

“Teams can build conventional integrated development environments, deploy to rented resources, and configure their deployments using the IaaS provider’s APIs,” the report states.

The report suggests using the public clouds already up today (Amazon Web Services, Salesforce.com) to begin to put together a strategy for putting these platforms into operation for an organization. Among the questions to be answered are what will these organizations use the cloud for, how will the cloud platform relate to the rest of their architecture, and what coding and quality practices should be used when developing for the cloud.

The second change involves a company's development shop becoming able to respond to changing requirements brought on by a changing market or a change in fortunes.

By “finding your inner startup,” Forrester’s report says, organizations can streamline processes, as well as the tools and platforms they use in development, and jettison those that no longer make sense to the business. To achieve this kind of flexibility, the report urges a review of development processes to see if they match up with the projects the team must complete. Forrester notes that many large IT shops are introducing agile development practices into their existing iterative and waterfall processes.


Related Search Term(s): application development

Pages 1 2 


Share this link: http://sdt.bz/34033
 
Most Read Latest News Blog Resources
Branching and merging: the heart of version control
Providers hold their own views of the landscape, but the Git SCM system is drawing looks from them all
Not so fast when it comes to testing in the cloud
Developers face outsourcing, virtual lab management and mobile devices as obstacles
Microsoft pivots toward business intelligence
The goal is to make business intelligence accessible "to the masses"
From the Editors: Node.js is unruly, but that’s where the fun is
The time to get involved with Node.js is now; Hadoop is about to break its own barriers
Digg!  Digg
Reddit  Reddit
Slashdot  Slashdot
Share on facebook  Facebook
Share on Twitter  Twitter


Add comment


Name*
Email*  
Country     


  • Comment
Loading




close
NEXT ARTICLE
Short Takes: Lack-of-oil-driven software development
Our editors go over the ways you can shorten your commute through technology, reactions to Yahoo's rebuffing of Microsoft and Snow Leopard's appearance at the Apple WWDC, and the winner of SAP's Project Green contest Read More...
 
 
 
 
News on Monday
more>>
SharePoint Tech Report
more>>


   

 
 

Download Current Issue
FEBRUARY 2012 PDF ISSUE

Need Back Issues?
DOWNLOAD HERE

Want to subscribe?


 
blogs tab
GitHire: Use Headhunters to Find Your Perfect Programmer
Are you a hiring manager tired of scouring the job boards? Check out this new service that will find 5 people interested in your jobs.
02/03/2012 12:17 PM EST

Facebook claims hacker cred
Facebook's SEC S-1 filing form includes a short essay on the Hacker Way by Mark Zuckerberg himself.
02/02/2012 08:26 AM EST

Ryan Dahl steps down
Ryan Dahl, creator of Node.js, steps back from his position as gatekeeper for the project.
02/01/2012 04:58 PM EST

Bloomberg opens its API
Bloomberg's APIs could lead to a future standard for accessing market data.
02/01/2012 04:41 PM EST

The case for piracy
In the aftermath of SOPA and PIPA, some copyright holders have begun to embrace piracy as inevitable...and even beneficial.
01/30/2012 02:39 PM EST

Tablet sales boom, but applications lag
The installed base of tablet computers and e-book readers is growing rapidly, but no killer app has yet emerged -- hint, hint.
01/28/2012 05:48 PM EST

 
Events calendar tab
Cloud Connect
2/13/2012 to 2/16/2012
Santa Clara
TechWeb

SPTechCon: The SharePoint Technology Conf.
2/26/2012 to 2/29/2012
San Francisco
BZ Media

RSA Conf.
2/27/2012 to 3/2/2012
San Francisco
RSA

IBM Pulse Conf.
3/4/2012 to 3/7/2012
Las Vegas
IBM Tivoli

Game Developer Conf.
3/5/2012 to 3/9/2012
San Francisco
TechWeb