• PSM is key to analyzing the huge inventory of applications many enterprises have. The multi-platform, multi-technology nature of these applications make management and evolution even more challenging.
• Mobile, more so than the prior generations of user interface technology, is going to require more extensive refactoring of back-end systems.
• Continuous integration now makes it possible, practical, and affordable to apply this distributed best practice within mainframe and multi-platform development.
• Cloud-hosting of IDEs should lower the TCO and make it easier to manage the deployment and maintenance of IDEs when the users do not have previous desktop IDE experience.