Trends in applications can have serious (and sometimes disastrous) impact to businesses if they adopt too early, or they wait too long to join the wave of change. Application related trends affect the very people, process, and technologies that drive agility, productivity, and opportunity for all businesses.
Major trends in Social Computing, Cloud Computing, Rich Internet Applications, and Mobility, are driving businesses quickly towards the future and for those businesses not ready to move with the wave of emerging trends, many are being left in the wake of their competition.
Generally speaking, the earlier a trend is adopted, the riskier it is to business due to the unproven, untested and volatile state of many emerging trends. However that risk can be one of great gain if the trend succeeds in becoming established and common practice.
Businesses that choose to wait too long run the ever-increasing risk of being swamped by the cresting wave and falling well behind the competition, sometimes so far behind that the road back can be virtually insurmountable. This in turn can cause great pain and hardship for businesses as they attempt to re-tool or re-invent themselves in an attempt to gain back their former glory.
Use this research to:
- Help Application Managers understand the trends and where they fit in the larger context.
- Highlight any tangible benefits such as cost savings, increases in productivity and business opportunities, more efficient and improved business agility.
- Explain the steps required to facilitate and ultimately implement the trends.
- Explain how Application Managers should sell the benefits to their boss.
