Tech for Building Next-Gen Apps

There's a paradigm shift happening in the way technology is being used by all-organizations and individuals alike. Increasingly users are becoming more mobile with a slew of devices at their disposal to stay connected with their work, families and friends. On the other hand, applications are increasingly moving to the web, which further allows users to access them from anywhere. Wireless connectivity is improving with 3G happening in a big way, allowing ever more feature rich applications to be created and consumed from anywhere.

There's a whole range of technologies working in the background to make all this possible. In fact, the paradigms of building applications as we know it is changing because of all these changes. There are multiple cloud platforms from various vendors for instance that allow you to build or consume various web based applications. The web is becoming more feature rich with HTML 5 and other technologies. Databases are getting re-tuned to meet the requirements of web based applications. New features are being built into the software development tools to make the web applications more feature rich and secure.

That's why it's important to understand this trend and experience the various technologies that are out there. This will help you choose the right ones for your business needs as an IT decision maker. As a developer, it will help you re-align your skills to build for the future.

This story is based on inputs from international and local experts who gathered at our annual event, Spark IT 2011 recently in Bangalore. They talked about various technologies and platforms, be it .NET, Java, or even databases. They talked about project management, building cloud ready apps, mobile apps, and much more.

Not only have we covered what they had to say, but we've covered them a little differently this time, with the help of QR codes. So in this story, you'll not only be able to read what experts have to say, but also see and hear them from your smartphone.

This is our first, QR-code enabled story, complete with audio interviews and video presentations of their sessions. The videos will work best if you have 3G on your smartphone.