94% of corporate developers expect development of wireless enterprise applications to either increase or stay the same in the coming year. Evans’ Wireless Development Survey, completed in December 2008, revealed that 47.6% believe development will increase, while 46.4% expect it to remain constant.
47% of Java shops use Spring framework
47% of Java shops use Java-based Spring Framework. In addition, 73% said they either use Spring now or plan to use it by 2010, Evans Sata found.
EAS market in the Czech Republic declined 4.5% YTY in 2007
Expansion of the enterprise application software (EAS) market in the Czech Republic slowed to 4.5% year on year in 2007, down from 6.4% in 2006. The value of the market exceeded $117 mln in 2007. In 2008, IDC expects the market to regain momentum and expand by a further 10% to reach a value of $129 mln . In 2007, enterprise resource management (ERM) remained the largest functional area of the Czech enterprise application software market, accounting for 41.6% of EAS market value. Customer relationship management (CRM) increased in popularity, rising from fourth place in 2006 to second place last year to account for just under a fifth of the market. Operations and manufacturing modules were the third most in demand, with a 17% share. Supply chain management (SCM) represented 15% of the total market, while integrated business analytics (BA) accounted for 7.1%, according to IDC.
Location-based mobile social networking to generate $3.3 bln by 2012
Location-based mobile social networking revenues will reach $3.3 bln by 2013, but successful business models may differ from what many observers expect, ABI Research says.
Open source software to generate $4.83 bln by 2012
IDC expects worldwide revenue from open source software to grow at a 23% CAGR to reach $4.83 bln by 2012. Worldwide revenue from standalone OSS in 2007 was $1.73 bln.
6% of US teens write software for personal enjoyment
| For school | For personal enjoyment |
Have done for any reason |
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| Do short writing, from a paragraph to one page |
92% | 31% | 97% | |
| Take notes in class | 98 | n/a | 98 | |
| Write essays | 93 | 8 | 95 | |
| Do creative writing, such as plays, poetry, fiction or short stories |
74 | 25 | 81 | |
| Write notes or letters to other people |
38 | 64 | 78 | |
| Create audio, video, PowerPoint or multimedia presentations |
69 | 16 | 73 | |
| Write up a science lab | 71 | n/a | 71 | |
| Write in a journal | 44 | 34 | 65 | |
| Write music or lyrics | 9 | 25 | 30 | |
| Write computer programs | 10 | 6 | 14 | |
| Source: Pew Internet Project | ||||
148 mln Americans viewed Web widgets in November 2007
In November 2007, nearly 148 mln US Internet users viewed widgets, representing 81% of the total audience, according to comScore. MySpace.com widgets had the widest audience, reaching more than 57 mln Internet users, while Slide.com ranked second with 39.2 mln viewers.
| Widget | Audience, 000 | Reach in US |
| US Widget Viewers | 147,904 | 81.1% |
| MySpace.com | 57,747 | 31.7% |
| Slide.com | 39,213 | 21.5% |
| Clearspring.com | 39,159 | 21.5% |
| RockYou.com | 32,557 | 17.9% |
| Photobucket.com | 26,434 | 14.5% |
| Google.com | 19,436 | 10.7% |
| BunnyHeroLabs.com | 16,123 | 8.8% |
| MusicPlaylist.us | 15,844 | 8.7% |
| MyPlaylist.org | 15,586 | 8.5% |
| BlingyBlob.com | 14,967 | 8.2% |
US software sales up 15% in 2007
US software sales rose 15% in 2007 to $3.3 bln from sales of $2.9 bln in 2006, NPD Group reports. Microsoft Office was the top-selling software product with YTY growth of 50%, accounting for 17% of all dollar volume in the US retail PC software market.
74% of marketers to increase Web development budgets
Among the online areas that will see increases next year are Web site development (cited by 74.0% of marketers); e-mail (70.1%); search engine marketing (64.3%); video (39.5%); webcasting (39.1%); banners (36.4%); sponsorships (29.6%); and social media (26.2%). 49.5% of marketers are planning a budget increase in this area compared to 44.1% last year, according to BtoB.
56% of developers use scripting languages
Scripting languages are used by 56% of developers today, and while more than half of those developers use scripts less than 20% of the time, both the total number of developers using scripting languages and the amount of time spent is expected to increase during the coming year, Evans Data reports. Linux was strong for both target and platform with PHP and Ruby users. 54% of developers write multi-threaded applications. The primary perceived obstacle to multi-core development is the complexity of parallel programming, followed by a lack of available tools. 51% of North American developers use agile development techniques some part of the time, and that share is expected to increase in 2008.