Industry Trends and Software Assurance
G. Spittle · 2006
A first-hand perspective on the commercial software industry and the pressures that are shaping trends will be discussed. Specifically, the following aspects will be emphasized: x Customers' desire for high quality/reliability from their software. x Growing adoption of Industry standards. x Increasing mix of open source and proprietary code. x New deployment patterns, like Grid and Pervasive computing During this presentation, Graham will explore the implications of these trends and explain how software development practices are changing in response.