Emerging trends for 2012

We are on the last working day of 2011 and it is time to look forward. Let us have a look at the emerging trends for 2012.

• HTML5: 2011 saw the standards, interfaces, and associated technologies that loosely defined HTML5 solidify and mature. This was accompanied by the rapid decline of Flash, the long-reigning technology of choice for building web sites and apps with rich interactivity and video. In 2012 HTML5 will become the de-facto standard for web development efforts and best practices will evolve.
• Keeping Up with an Agile Approach to Technology: In the mobile app-enabled business environment getting to market quickly is critical. Agile development processes are helping companies rapidly redefine their software architecture to meet new business challenges. 
• Responsive Design Becomes a Best Practice: Responsive design is a design approach that results in device independent web site and app development.
• Mobile Enablement of Enterprise Apps: As apps continue to capture customer attention, mobile delivery of content and services has become an enterprise initiative. Organizations are discovering that they own a growing number of sand-boxed native apps and web-app development projects. Redeveloping seemingly simple enterprise apps such as a retail store-finder can yield major benefits in terms of user experience, adoption, maintenance and profitability.
• Exposing Back End Legacy Systems: In order to take full advantage of the new Open Web paradigm, back-end services must provide accessible APIs. By building flexible web services, businesses and their partners can more easily develop new applications. This enables easy access to an organization’s information and services for both internally and external facing apps for iPads, smart phones and other channels.
• Video Becomes a Mainstream Communication Channel: Video continues to increase in importance as a tool for marketing and sales communication, support and internal corporate communications. Organizations have important choices to make about their online video provider (OVP) partners such as Brightcove and third party platforms such as YouTube. Security, management and reporting are key factors to consider when managing video content as a critical corporate asset.