Gary Calcott

@ttoclacg

Contemporary App Dev getting ahead and staying ahead

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In the beginning….

Core Systems Of Record are important and won‘t be going away anytime soon

They have powerful characteristics

• Bullet-proof

• Tried and tested

• Highly resilient

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They also have some downsides...

• They‘re big, complex and monolithic

• They‘re often rigid and brittle

• They‘re difficult to evolve

Think IBM CICS, SAP R/3, MFG/Pro

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Leveraging the Core

• Systems Of Record capture the core capabilities of the Enterprise (Data and Business Logic)

• Build entry points to core capabilities and enable safe and secure access via APIs (typically REST/JSON)

• Support full read/write semantics to Business Entities

• Build the underpinnings for building Systems Of Differentiation

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New Rules for Differentiated Businesses

Enterprises need to differentiate Products and Services more quickly and efficiently than ever before – IT and LOB-driven Systems Of Differentiation are a key enabler

Systems of Differentiation have powerful characteristics:

• They leverage core System Of Record assets

• Updates are typically pushed out on a monthy cadence

• The authoring environment is a PaaS

• Snap-in access to Data Sources and 3rd-Party Services

• Development is model-based and geared towards maximum Productivity

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Getting to Best-In-Class

• Systems of Differentiation can be further leveraged to support Innovation

• Mobile is a great example – tweak changes or deliver existing Web-based Applications for a mobile use-case

• Adaptation for mobile from Ideation to Delivery in days, not weeks

• Experiment and Learn – dispose if necessary

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Progress Pacific Enterprise PaaS

• Strong support for exposing access to System Of Record data and processes e.g. OpenEdge Service Objects

• Industry-leading RAD with Rollbase, including State-Of-The-Art Mobile App development in a single product for building Systems of Differentiation and Innovation

• Industry-leading Data Access (Cloud or on-premise) with DataDirect Product Portfolio

• Emerging Backend-As-A-Service offerings (Push notifications, Database access,...)

• All on a single, unified platform