According to a new survey by application delivery company OutSystems, 43 percent of respondents rate apps or sites that are mobile friendly as critical to their plans in 2015. The way in which Google has changed how it weights mobile-friendly sites is presumably a driving factor.
The survey conducted with content specialist TechValidate talked to 200 IT decision makers worldwide and focused on the business and technical priorities and challenges that IT organizations face in building applications in today's complex development landscape.
Other findings are that 25 percent of respondents say that between 76 and 100 percent of new apps they plan to build in 2015 will have a mobile component. An additional 26 percent say that 51-75 percent of new apps will have a mobile element.
The dominant mobile architectures for 2015 will be mobile Web (60 percent) and hybrid (65 percent), with only 26 percent of enterprises planning to use native mobile architectures. Despite the number of packaged and SaaS solutions available many enterprises are still finding it easier to develop their own apps rather than spend time customizing packaged solutions.
It's also the case that there's significant integration with existing systems. 79 percent of organizations say they need to integrate with at least 1-5 cloud-based applications and 66 percent need to integrate with at least 1-5 on-premises applications. Integration with custom developed applications is needed by 61 percent. Any given app may need to integrate with multiple different systems.
Paulo Rosado, CEO of OutSystems says, "These survey results echo the challenges we hear from customers -- that they are increasingly focused on delivery of mobile applications, that they aren't getting what they need from off-the-shelf from packaged applications, and that they desperately need the ability to integrate quickly and seamlessly with a wide variety of technologies. This confluence of challenges within enterprise application development is leading organizations to seek alternatives that dramatically simplify the delivery of applications, regardless of the underlying technology requirements".
The survey coincides with OutSystems releasing new features for its Rapid Application Delivery platform. These include simpler integration, improved change management and continued commitment to open standards.
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