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The Enterprise IT Revolution: The Switch to Cloud Computing and Mobile
The combination of cloud with mobile computing is shaking up how businesses are or will be run within the next few years. A survey of application developers by Tech Trends found that about half expect that by 2015 applications will be hosted primarily in the cloud and that most of their development will be focused on mobile devices like smartphones and iPads. And from the buyer side, businesses are looking for applications that can run on the new mobile devices. The report includes a prediction from IBM that the mobile software category will grow from around $6 billion now to over $30 billion in just a few years.
The developers aren’t just thinking about games and small app development. Traditional software applications that form the bedrock of what enterprises are all about, like ERP, will be accessed via mobile devices. The problem is that while it is clear that this is the path to the future, many developers are unsure of how to travel the new road. And as many as 63 percent of developers felt that their background and skills aren’t sufficient for them to be able to immediately jump into mobile development.
Developers are also convinced that the cloud is the future of computing for organizations. 91 percent of respondents thought that by 2015 the predominant source for applications in most organizations will be from the cloud. Well, predictions can be wrong, but as Jim Corgel, IBM general manager, Independent Software Vendors and Developer Relations said: “to best understand where enterprise technology is headed, one must pay attention to those who have a pulse on market demands, the developers and IT specialists responding to these demands and creating the next generation of business applications.”
