Predictions 2015: Business Applications Take Innovation Beyond The Cloud

As the shift to the cloud broadens across more business application types, application development and delivery professionals are torn between maintaining key operational systems and making investments in innovative platforms that drive better customer experiences and business process innovation. In 2015, they'll prioritize the applications that help their firms win, serve, and retain customers and demand higher degrees of flexibility, consumer-grade user experiences, and more advanced analytic content. Applications portfolios will evolve to hybrid architectures that increasingly leverage software-as-a-service (SaaS) components, with more integration points but also more flexibility and agility for the business. This report highlights five key predictions for 2015 in the context of your applications budget, portfolio mix, selection criteria, and the evolving vendor landscape.