IT Business Edge this week is running a column I wrote about how government is pushing the envelope on technology. I know; this is not something I would have found myself saying a decade ago.
But, as my article goes on to point out, a variety of recent movements at the federal level indicate that government is leading the way on openness and collaboration in application development.
An important point not captured in my column is that industry needs to quickly get on the same train as government. Collaborative methodologies and community sourcing will save companies millions of dollars in the next few years, as we weather the worst economic storm we’ve seen during our lifetimes. And, it will help these companies emerge stronger, leaner and more effective as the tide begins to change. Beyond cost savings, the applications developed through the community-sourcing model are just better software products. Period.
We see this taking hold in financial services, specifically. I see this industry as an early adopter of collaborative methodologies to build commonly needed applications at a fraction of the price of traditional development methods. It’s not that surprising considering this industry was also an early adopter of Linux.
I would be very interested to hear from you on what you think. Your thoughts?
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