July 20169 · Shortage of software developer will continue ­ Although it's unfortunate to point at this, it's a fact. The shortage of development and engi-neering talent is hurting the companies and it's more so for certain organizations. Software engi-neers and developers fly to tech giants like Uber, Amazon and Google. But there are many tradi-tional industries that have technical development requirements. Quite interestingly, these needs might offer challenges that are simply enticing. It seems that in 2016, organizations that belong to the insurance, finance, retail, agriculture and hospitality industries, will have to struggle a lot to find and recruit great programmers. In fact, they will have to redouble their efforts for estab-lishing themselves as great places to work in and for attracting the talents who can provide them with rewarding outputs. · Software will move to automation ­ With ev-ery passing day, the complexity of software is increasing constantly and this will surely need ex-pansive automation. From the old school linear designs, software has evolved to designs that are way more complicated in nature. This transition is highly driven by expansion from single pro-gramming language to multiple programming languages, movement from one server to multi-ple servers to multiple datacentres and movement from a simple 3 tier stack to a distributed micro-services architecture. · Use of APIs won't be restricted to developers ­ Currently, APIs are at the core of most of the tech-forward and Web 2.0 businesses. This, for sure enables real-time, always-on, transpar-ent and multi-device communication. APIs are also moving of-fline with the increasing popularity of internet. Since APIs have become more prolific and more prominent, the landscape will gradually evolve in 2016. As soon as the stake-holders will re-alize that the APIs can improve the scope of data-driven part-nerships, broader adoption, enrichment of products and addi-tional revenue streams, the attention from their end, too, will emerge accordingly. · Software development will head to the cloud ­ For the soft-ware development domain, cloud will remain as important as it is now, if not more. From the additional services like software patching, maintenance and updates to the basic ones like devel-oping web based applications, the industry has every reason to leverage cloud. In fact, it seems that business owners will be able to minimize their costs from OpEx (operating expenses) and CapEx (capital expenditure). This will enable them to design and deliver web applications that can perform better or at least at the same level as that of a stand-alone app or a desktop app. They will also be able to add improved services like better secu-rity, patches and updates. While these are the major predictions for enterprise software in 2016, it's also expected that companies will invest more to minimize the exposure to data breach. The concept of post-breach detection has already grabbed the attention of many of the investors and the market is consolidating constantly. It's also expected that there will be more campaigns to enlighten the pro-fessionals about what to do instantly after a data breach. Initia-tives like these will also help them understand when and how to notify the customers, based on the regulatory compliance that they follow. Naveen GulatiWith the increasing popularity of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and the emergence of cloud, there is a chance of getting the enterprise software in a new format
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