There may have been a time in the not too distant past when hardware was seen as the aspect that a business should focus most of its efforts on, and that software was simply secondary. However, some dramatic changes in the software and application development sector have seen software become the differentiating feature of the modern world. Here are a few of the ways that software has changed and developed in our recent past.
· Bespoke and personalized software applications and solutions are more popular and more possible than ever before
Over the last decade, the ability for pretty much anyone to develop an app and amend their own software through a platform engineering team structure has become the norm. End-to-end software development is a reality, and your business is able to easily and cost-effectively develop specific software that speaks to the very real needs of the business at any one time. The software is then developed, tested and implemented to deal with these specific issues using a software development firm or in-house software engineer.
· Software is more integrated
Gone are the days when your business (or even an individual) needed a range of different software applications and programs to fulfill business needs. These generally functioned in isolation and always needed the raw data to be drawn from elsewhere or downloaded to use the software. Over the last decade, software has become a great deal more integrated. With modern API design, you will be able to access and use all your business software from a single interface, and if this has been engineered and designed correctly, it will save huge amounts of time and money.
· Software is generally predominantly offered and accessed in the cloud
Another drastic change in the manner that we understand and use software has been the movement into the cloud. SaaS is a reality for many and most businesses access their software, business applications, and data on the cloud. This means that your business is accessible from anywhere as long as you have the right permissions set up for those who require access. This remote and anytime access also means that your business will need to ensure that you have the very best cyber protection to safeguard and protect both company and customer data that will be shared and used in the cloud.
· User development opportunities through open source
Open source has been around for a while but is only recently with the greatest open-source development of them all, blockchain and crypto, that arrange of software and app developers have also begun to make free to use software that have in-app purchases to upgrade and improve the software should you require,
Software is one of the aspects of our modern life that has been on a very interesting trajectory. The changes and improvements to software that we now use and have access to have been immense and will continue to change how we interact and use the best of modern technology that we can afford.
This article provided by James Daniels
