Abstract
The increasingly challenging business environment is driving demand for a new generation of enterprise applications that are more flexible and economical to meet the escalating needs of corporate end-users and executives alike.
Economic uncertainty, combined with intensifying competitive pressures, is forcing organizations of all sizes across every industry to reevaluate how they operate and utilize software to support their day-to-day business processes.
The rapidly changing nature of personal computing is forcing software developers to fundamentally change the way they develop and deliver their applications.
An increasingly mobile workforce and consumer is driving software developers to design their applications so they can be easily accessed and utilized on a widening array of handheld devices, including tablets like iPad and smartphones like Android.
Corporate workers and consumers also expect applications to be available ‘on-demand’ and easier to use. Therefore, today’s applications must be available immediately and securely via the web.
It is for these reasons that popular technology blogger, Phil Wainewright, declared that, “In 2011, Mainstream Means Mobile”
A proliferation (‘cloud rush’) of players is making it imperative that software vendors develop, deliver and support their on-demand, mobile applications in a cost-effective manner so they can succeed in an increasingly price-competitive marketplace.
These escalating demands are pushing software vendors to migrate from their legacy, on-premise applications of the past to a new generation of more flexible and powerful, ‘Cloud’-based, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) alternatives.
Making this move is a tough task. It requires a new set of software development skills and methodologies. Because few organizations have the people or processes to respond quickly to these rapidly evolving requirements in-house, a growing number are turning to proven, third-party developers meet these demands and accelerate their time-to-market.
This whitepaper will examine how successful companies are leveraging specialized software development firms, such as SoftServe, to meet their customers’ escalating needs to gain a competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving marketplace.
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