2007 Software Business Transformation Summit: Parallel Evolution – Software to Services, and Channel
Software development and deployment – whether done by ISVs or enterprise application developers – is undergoing radical change at all points in its lifecycle. Monolithic proprietary applications are giving way to distributable components and standards-based Web services. Meanwhile, new ecosystems are being established by major vendors that encapsulate all these capabilities – providing new options and challenges for commercial and corporate developers alike. Software executives and developers must establish and adhere to new service levels that can support significant transaction volumes, real-time analysis and response, engaging user experiences and social computing characteristics, and a wide variety of security issues.
