A new Gartner report says that by 2014, citizen developers will build at least 25% of new business applications. A citizen developer is defined as an end user who creates business applications for consumption by others using corporate-IT-sanctioned development and runtime environments.
This has profound implications for the future of IT in your organization.
For citizen developers to succeed, they will need a new set of tools, as well as a new approach to application development and delivery. There will also be a critical new role to be played by IT in supporting citizen developers and bringing them out of the shadows.
Unleash the Power of force.com addresses this new wave of IT - what it is, what it means, and how your organization can take advantage of it. This book describes: the burgeoning digital economy and how it is driving the need for citizen developers; the foundation and building blocks for a consistent enabling platform to support citizen developers; an implementation plan for a smooth transition to citizen application development; and a comprehensive description of force.com as a ready-to-go, complete citizen developer enabling platform.
This book will give you a comprehensive understanding of the enormous challenges that IT faces today, and what can be done about them by leveraging the power of force.com.
Visit http: //unleashforce.com for ongoing book updates.
Language
English
Pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Createspace
Release
February 01, 2012
ISBN
1466405120
ISBN 13
9781466405127
Unleash the Power of Force.com: How to Thrive in the New Digital Economy
A new Gartner report says that by 2014, citizen developers will build at least 25% of new business applications. A citizen developer is defined as an end user who creates business applications for consumption by others using corporate-IT-sanctioned development and runtime environments.
This has profound implications for the future of IT in your organization.
For citizen developers to succeed, they will need a new set of tools, as well as a new approach to application development and delivery. There will also be a critical new role to be played by IT in supporting citizen developers and bringing them out of the shadows.
Unleash the Power of force.com addresses this new wave of IT - what it is, what it means, and how your organization can take advantage of it. This book describes: the burgeoning digital economy and how it is driving the need for citizen developers; the foundation and building blocks for a consistent enabling platform to support citizen developers; an implementation plan for a smooth transition to citizen application development; and a comprehensive description of force.com as a ready-to-go, complete citizen developer enabling platform.
This book will give you a comprehensive understanding of the enormous challenges that IT faces today, and what can be done about them by leveraging the power of force.com.
Visit http: //unleashforce.com for ongoing book updates.