In the two years since we last updated the application lifecycle market analysis much of what we predicted has come to pass. There has been a steady market consolidation within the vendor community, . . .
Market pressures: cost, risk and business innovation - empowering themes that remain true today Management over substance… but there are benefits SIs are the new power brokers in ALM Evidence of a more receptive end-user audience for ALM… …but vendors are still too focused internally Broader focus for application lifecycle ALM reality - best of times, worst of times The make up of ALM support Engineering discipline over art - a separation of concerns Application lifecycle tools play in other areas such as BPM and application integration Vendors are driving discipline into the application lifecycle and taking a leadership role Vendor-supported collaboration - a step in the right direction Vendors cannot afford to be complacent about support from the business Eclipse and Visual Studio have grown to dominate the IDE market The demand for pricing models that support enterprise-wide development solutions