CCS Insight Software Development Research Podcasts

One doesn’t need to look far to see the possibilities and potential from the onslaught of software and communication technologies made available today and going forward. In the hands of good developers and diverse development teams, such technologies can enable all manner of business process accomplishments occur more effectively. They can make possible, greater social collaboration and outreach for the broad spectrum of industry and market sectors. 

You get a sense of the power and influence that developers can help to deliver when one considers the volume and variety of data now available. By utilizing the variety of analytical facilities now available they can deliver application and services that employ the deepest insights, correlations and predictions. All of which can serve to achieve the most effective outcome. 

So given the business demand for IT enabled growth, the onslaught of game-changing technology, devices and social trends, and the general consumerization of IT, is it any wonder that the development remit is now even broader? 

We bandy around the word developer, but what does it really mean to be a developer in today’s climate? - and how is the role evolving to meet the needs of businesses today and for the future?


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