Worldwide Application Development and Deployment 2008 Top 10 Predictions

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Predictions
• In This Study
• Situation Overview
  • A Review of 2007 Predictions
• Future Outlook
  • A Preface to Our Top 10 Predictions
  • Figure: The Subprime Storm of Doom
  • Figure: U.S. GDP and IT Spending Growth, 1995-2006
  • Ordering the Top AD&D Trends for 2008
  • 1. SOA Will Become More Critical in Forming the Foundation for Provisioning and Consuming Services in the Cloud
  • 2. BPM Will Be Increasingly Viewed as a Must-Have Despite the Gloomy Economy
  • 3. Event-Driven Architecture Will Not Be Just for Tickers and Tags
  • 4. With On-Demand Application Development, Vendors Will Attempt to Disrupt the Status Quo with New Services-Based Offerings
  • 5. Java-Based Platform Vendors Will Target the Midmarket but Will Not Be Materially Successful in 2008
  • 6. All Leading Software Vendors Will Provide Data-Focused Support for Virtualization
    • General Definition of Virtualization
    • Benefits of Virtualization
    • Key Use Cases
    • Prediction
  • 7. Usability Will Gain Prominence on the List of Application Development Requirements
  • 8. Appliances Will Gain Steam in 2008, But More Out-of-the Box Thinking Will Be Needed
  • 9. IT Portfolio Management Will Provide the Missing Application Life-Cycle Management Link - IT Governance Will Emerge
  • 10. Open Source Software Will Impact Business Decisions More
• Essential Guidance
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis