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Report:The Future Of Microsoft .NET: New Options, New Choices, New Risks

The Emerging Windows Platform Expands On The .NET Framework

One Microsoft platform era is ending and another is beginning. The .NET era as we've known it is winding down. .NET doesn't go away — it becomes Microsoft's preferred server environment for a...

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For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

Report:Mobile Technologies That Drive Sales

Tools And Technology: The Mobile eBusiness Playbook

New phone features and capabilities are cropping up seemingly by the day. At the same time, this fast-paced change is dramatically affecting how eBusiness professionals interact with their teams and...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Embracing The Open Web: Web Technologies You Need To Engage Your Customers, And Much More

The open Web is a culture, a community — and a set of preferred technologies for Internet applications. While HTML5 is the best known of these technologies, the open Web also includes...

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For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

Report:Building Mobile Apps? Start With Web; Move To Hybrid

Strategic Plan: The Mobile App Development Playbook

In the past year, we've handled more than 200 client inquiries regarding what technology approach best suits mobile app development needs. The most common question we field is: "Should we go with a...

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Report:The Future Of Java

Java Will Be Constrained By The Bounds Of Oracle's Business Model

Drama has been running high since Oracle began to shape up the Java technology it acquired along with Sun Microsystems. Oracle ended the impasse over a new core Java release, set out a road map for...

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Report:Define Your Mobile Development Strategy

Use Forrester's Mobile POST Method To Create A Mobile Development Plan

Developing mobile applications used to be an arcane activity pursued by highly specialized developers, but no more. The surge in popularity of Android devices, BlackBerries, and iPhones has...

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Report:The Mall Of Google

The Internet Ad Giant Shifts Emphasis To Include Enterprise IT

Open source is no longer a "don't ask, don't tell" secret in enterprise application development shops: Increased executive awareness and evolving open source business models are leading shops to...

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Report:Does HTML 5 Herald The End Of RIA Plug-Ins? Not Really

The Pending Demise Of Popular Rich Internet App Platforms Is Wildly Overstated

Will HTML 5 make rich Internet application (RIA) technologies such as Adobe Flash/Flex and Microsoft Silverlight obsolete? For at least the next five years, the answer is a definite "no";...

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Report:The Top Five Changes For Application Development In 2010

After The Recession, The New Normal Will Remain "Lean And Mean"

Niccolò Machiavelli said it best: "Never waste the opportunities created by a good crisis." Over the past year, the Great Recession has forced everyone in IT to think differently about where to...

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Report:Inquiry Spotlight: Rich Internet Applications, Q3 2008

Since January 2008, Forrester's application development and program management team has fielded approximately 822 inquiries from application development professionals on various topics. Of those...

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Report:Securing Rich Internet Applications

This past year, Forrester saw dramatic growth in the number of developers and application platform decision-makers that indicate that they are using rich Internet application (RIA) frameworks. As...

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Report:The Widget Zoo: A Developer's Taxonomy

Web widgets are another example of a consumer-focused Web 2.0 technology that is starting to wend its way into the enterprise. There are many different species of widgets, but developers can divide...

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Report:Developing Enterprise Web 2.0 Applications

New Business Opportunities Reward Flexibility And Adjustment

The hype about Web 2.0 often obscures the practical benefits of this set of technologies, applications, and concepts. Development teams have begun using Web 2.0 user interface technologies,...

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Report:Rich Internet Apps Move Beyond The Browser

Adobe, Microsoft, And Sun Push The Envelope With New RIA Platforms

Forrester clients are adopting rich Internet applications (RIAs) because they demonstrate clear benefits. Early RIAs were exclusively browser-based, but new platforms from Adobe, Microsoft, and Sun...

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