Why Enterprise Software Development Is So Challenging

Posted by mokshattri on October 30th, 2019

Why are developing software solutions within the enterprise so difficult and fraught with failure? There are many commonly cited reasons:

  • The complexity and fragmentation of IT landscapes
  • Ever-changing business processes and requirements
  • The main need to learn and integrate new technologies, such as big data, cloud, etc.
  • The difficulties of adopting new agile development methodologies

Alternative application development approaches

An enterprise's software development relies on (and will continue to rely on) programming languages like Java, C#, Python and SQL for the majority of in-house builds. These programming languages will continue to be prominent, but enterprises are addressing an increasing number of application requirements using packaged products and services. This includes SaaS products, packaged software from ERP vendors, PaaS and a new category of low-code application platforms.

ERP Software Packages for Enterprise Applications

Many of the large enterprise software vendors have sought to provide alternatives in the form of packaged software or ERP add-ons. Most ERP vendors have strong relationships with enterprises, and it is often an easy (read: politically correct) choice to partner with these large vendors to address new requirements.

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Growth in the PaaS market is disproportional to other sectors, according to GigaOM, with some analysts estimating the market to be growing by 50% year-on-year. The growth in PaaS market follows from the success of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings like Amazon EC2. If you can rely on cloud-based services to manage your physical infrastructure, it is natural to use a service-based platform to develop software.

High-Productivity Application Platforms

In response to these issues, a new class of ‘application platforms’ has emerged designed to help enterprises rapidly deliver business applications. Application platforms offer a comprehensive technology stack incorporating database integration, application logic, and web app development to help teams develop applications without the usual complexity of integrating disparate toolsets.

 
Aptitude Software as a leader in the application platform market

At Aptitude Software, we have enjoyed seeing this new class of application platforms emerge. We decided years ago to market our own Aptitude platform as an Enterprise Application Platform at a time when there were few people that recognized ‘application platforms’ as its own product category.

An application platform designed for true enterprise requirements

Aptitude is different from many of the other application platforms. It is mainly designed to process massive data volumes and deliver complete transactional integrity. Our customers typically use it to build complex, mission-critical software systems, rather than small systems of engagement. 

If there’s a place in your firm for new ways to design, develop and deploy data-driven enterprise software development systems, many companies enjoy introducing you to the Aptitude platform. 

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