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Business leaders talk about the importance of IT and business alignment. In the realm of application development, that means maintaining an obsessively business-centric focus.

Abstract: Innovation. In recent years, it´s been a hot topic for everyone from market analysts to politicians to arbiters of pop culture. As globalization continues to bring more and more players to the table, product and service innovation are increasingly important. But they´re not enough. CEOs with an eye on creating lasting competitive advantage are looking to transform their companies at the core, through business model innovation. And it´s an approach that pays off. Companies with an emphasis on business model innovation have demonstrated better financial performance, greater strategic flexibility and lower operating costs than their peers.

What does this mean for CIOs and other IT leaders? Now more than ever, CEOs are looking to IT to serve as a critical agent in helping to enable innovation and drive business value for the enterprise. Business leaders used to talk about the importance of IT and business alignment. Now they´re taking it one step further—it´s about total integration. And in the realm of application development, that means maintaining an obsessively business-centric focus and working hand in glove with lines of business within the enterprise to deliver differentiating innovation.

To meet the accelerating needs of the business, the operating model of today´s application development organization is changing. And it will continue to change. In this white paper, we´ll look at five aspects of application development -- delivery models, technology, people, processes and governance -- and talk about how they are likely to evolve over the next five to 10 years.

Malgré les fluctuations qui animent l´économie mondiale, les entreprises parviennent à maintenir leurs objectifs de croissance concernant leur chiffre d´affaires et le contrôle de leurs coûts. Il leur faut cependant trouver des moyens de réduire leurs dépenses, afin de générer des stratégies de croissance susceptibles de les faire évoluer et d´accroître leurs résultats financiers.

Les dirigeants sont conscients que la création de valeur sur de nouveaux produits et services occupe une place majeure dans leurs objectifs. Aussi, les entreprises et les organisations s´appuient de plus en plus sur des spécialistes comme IBM pour la gestion de leurs applications opérationnelles et des fonctions de support. En externalisant et en optimisant certaines de ces fonctions, les dirigeants peuvent mobiliser toutes leurs ressources sur le coeur de métier de l´entreprise tout en réduisant leurs coûts de revient global.