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Press area Press releases IBM Survey: IT Professionals Predict Cellular and Cloud Technologies Will Dominate Enterprise Computing By 2015
Trends Signal Shift in Abilities Needed for Corporations to Generate Development

ARMONK, N.Y. - 08 Oct 2010: Details technological innovation specialists predict that cellular and cloud computing will emerge as the most in-demand platforms for application software improvement and IT delivery over the following five many years, according to a whole new IBM (NYSE: IBM) survey introduced nowadays.

The 2010 IBM Tech Trends Survey, executed on-line by IBM developerWorks, offers insight into your most significant enterprise technology and business developments based on responses from two,000 IT developers and professionals across 87 countries.

In accordance with the survey, more than half of all IT specialists – 55 percent -- expect cellular software program application development for devices such as iPhone and Android, and even tablet PCs like iPad and PlayBook, will surpass software advancement on all other traditional computing platforms by 2015.

With the proliferation of these mobile devices, market analysts are predicting cellular applications sales will undergo massive growth about the next three years, with estimates of cellular application revenues expanding from $6.2 billion this year to nearly $30 billion by 2013.

Supporting the growing number of software program developers creating new applications for mobile devices, IBM now offers no-cost cellular computing technologies resources, through IBM developerWorks, for software improvement on mobile platforms such as iPhone, iPad, HTML5 and Android.

IBM also these days launched the first developerWorks cellular software for the Apple iPhone, providing developers around the world with mobile access to build expertise and network with colleagues using the professional social networking platform, My developerWorks, built on IBM Lotus Connections.

Additional IBM Tech Trends Survey findings include:
91 percent anticipate cloud computing will overtake on-premise computing since the primary way organizations acquire IT about the following five years Cellular and cloud computing are followed by social media, business analytics and industry-specific technologies because the hottest IT career opportunities beginning in 2011 90 percent believe it is important to possess vertical industry-specific expertise for their jobs, yet 63 percent admit they are lacking the business knowledge needed to remain competitive Telecommunications, financial services, healthcare, and energy and utilities rank as the top four industries in which respondents identify as having the greatest opportunity to expand their careers.
“To best understand where enterprise engineering is headed, one must pay attention to those who have a pulse on market demands – the developers and IT professionals responding to these demands and creating the following generation of business applications,” said Jim Corgel, general manager, IBM Independent Application Vendors and Developer Relations. “These survey results clearly demonstrate that IT experts see a combination of disruptive technologies and industry-specific capabilities as key to driving near-term business development.”

The on the internet survey, executed by IBM developerWorks of its eight million registered users in August and September 2010, includes responses from IT experts with expertise in areas such as enterprise and web application advancement, system and network administration, and computer software testing and architecture.

IBM developerWorks Announces New Resources for IT Professionals

IBM today announced additional resources, through IBM developerWorks, to help specialists build abilities to prepare for another generation of IT and software growth opportunities. The no-charge resources include:
New cloud computing resources including on-line workshops, skills tutorials, cloud computing technical resources,Office Enterprise 2007, and social networking tools that enable users to build on-line relationships, share content, and grow a worldwide network of peers to push innovation. Cloud Computing for Developers virtual events this October, with four dates when IT professionals can learn how to solve business and technical challenges in the cloud. Through real-world examples of specific challenges and solutions as well as live demos of techniques and products, attendees can learn more about how to use and build cloud-based applications such as Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) using IBM and open technologies. An on the web Market Resource Site that offers technical resources, collaboration forums, articles, podcasts and tutorials on key IBM and open technologies-based best practices in banking, energy and utilities, healthcare, government and chemical and petroleum industries Technical information on the IBM Sector Frameworks, a combination of application and hardware that bridges the gap between general purpose middleware and business specific business applications to help organizations apply technologies more easily to their unique business.
Today, developerWorks is the largest and most visited global site to gain engineering abilities. About four million IT experts visit developerWorks each month to gain no-cost access to software program tools and code, IT standards and best practices across various industries. Users also tap capabilities training in IBM software and open technologies including Linux, Java, XML and cloud computing.

For more information on developerWorks, please visit www.ibm.com/developerworks.