As hardware companies such as Intel usher in a new era of mobile computing, software developers will need to change their applications to reflect new ways of accessing corporate data, according to Intel's chief software strategist and director of strategic initiatives for Intel's Solutions Market Development Group, Chris Thomas.
Thomas was speaking at the Software Development Conference and Exposition where some attendees might have been confused to see Intel on the program.
The conference attracts software developers keen to learn more about the next generation of software applications. But Intel devoted a great deal of time and money to software development, believing that features built into its chips could help software developers create nimble applications for a mobile workforce, Thomas said.
Developers at SD Expo are studying how to bring concepts such as Web services and service-oriented architectures into their applications. The idea is to create applications that are no longer tied to a single network or a single environment, instead creating software that can be accessed by any device over any network by any authorised user, Thomas said.
