{"id":1668,"date":"2010-11-16T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2010-11-16T07:00:33","modified_gmt":"2010-11-16T15:00:33","slug":"cloud-computing-and-mobile-to-dominate-corporate-software-by-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-and-mobile-to-dominate-corporate-software-by-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"The Enterprise IT Revolution: The Switch to Cloud Computing and Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The combination of cloud with mobile computing is shaking up how businesses are or will be run within the next few years. \u00a0A survey of application developers by <a title=\"Survey by Tech Trends on mobile and cloud computing for the future\" href=\"http:\/\/www.groundreport.com\/Business\/IBM-Survey-Says-Software-Development-Is-All-About-\/2930123\" target=\"_blank\">Tech Trends<\/a> 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. \u00a0And from the buyer side, businesses are looking for applications that can run on the new mobile devices. \u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n<p>The developers aren&#8217;t just thinking about games and small app development. \u00a0Traditional software applications that form the bedrock of what enterprises are all about, like ERP, will be accessed via \u00a0mobile devices. \u00a0The 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. \u00a0And as many as 63 percent of developers felt that their background and skills aren&#8217;t sufficient for them to be able to immediately jump into mobile development.<\/p>\n<p>Developers are also convinced that the cloud is 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