Never has the ability to quickly develop and deliver innovative software solutions mattered more. The rise of mobile solutions as a significant customer experience channel has created great opportunities for those fast enough to respond. The pace of change has not let up in the web area either, and pressures from both ripple into areas such as legacy application renewal and packaged application tailoring. Firms need flexible architectures to accommodate unforeseeable change and enable moving even faster in the future. Old ways of developing and delivering software, adequate for a slower-paced age, are too slow; new approaches are rapidly evolving. The adage "to the victor go the spoils" has never been truer; the question you have to ask yourself is, "Are we ready for the race?"