From Rio to Hong Kong, New Delhi to Moscow, the sun never sets on application development (AD). Software in the 21st century permeates our business and personal lives and, in the era of the World Wide Web, has become a cornerstone of our "global village." Enterprises have global AD organizations, software must often be multilingual and "multilegal," use of "offshore" (off whose shore?) providers of AD services is growing, and tools and processes need to work together, even though their users and developers hail from far-flung corners of the world.
So "think globally, act locally" applies to software, too. To start considering how the globalization of AD is affecting you and your organization, read Joseph Feiman's overview of this month's Spotlight. It'll expand your horizons. Read More
Globalization will impel AD communities worldwide to make cultural adjustments, invent new collaboration methods and adopt new technologies. Is your enterprise ready to join the international community?
Based on surveys conducted at Gartner IT/Expo Symposium events worldwide, we examine critical global application development trends. How does your enterprise's AD plans compare with our survey respondents' plans?
Legal frameworks and worker habits differ across countries and regions. Application development organizations in the United States need to understand and comply with those differences.
AD groups in global enterprises will increasingly seek to develop applications that can be deployed in multiple countries. We discuss some of the key elements of application globalization and their cost.
Open-source software is being developed by "virtual" teams whose members are dispersed and rarely meet. Their solutions to this challenge can benefit enterprise software developers.
Despite geographic separation, a company and its client collaborated to successfully develop an efficient, customer-friendly system, using development frameworks, distributed components and rapid application development techniques.
Need an application development process standard? You're in luck; there are plenty to choose from. We discuss the value and limitations of some prominent standards.
Unicode, the character-encoding scheme, is already a key standard for internationalization. Its relevance will increase as Web services and e-business become increasingly globalized.
We present a methodology on how and why software companies that are looking for markets globally must build applications to support these markets from the beginning, rather than retrofitting English-language solutions.
Numerous signs indicate an increase in application development among Chinese enterprises, which are being driven by the requirements of electronic transformation. However, several pitfalls counteract their original intentions.
Russia is one of several emerging European countries that are seeking to challenge India's dominance as an offshore service provider. We analyze Russia's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Enterprises that evaluate offshore IT service offerings struggle with understanding the business benefits, savings and risks of "going offshore." We debunk the myths and answer the questions surrounding this evaluation process.
