"We now live in a world where customers are no longer just loyal to the brand or product or service. Instead, they are loyal to the complete experience a brand delivers. And that experience is delivered by software. Software is the business.
We are on the verge of a shift. Not a gentle evolution but a fundamental transformation of business, of society and life,” he said.
“(The Application Economy) will disrupt the way you are structured and managed. And it will turn yesterday’s conventional wisdom on its head. When you embrace this future… the rewards will be outstanding.”
Gregoire highlighted the three imperatives businesses must address in the Application Economy:
Accelerate high-quality innovation
“Customers... need to deliver new applications—from design to launch—rapidly, seamlessly, and predictably. Not in weeks or months—but sometimes in days, and increasingly…in hours,” he said, noting that the company has expanded its portfolio for DevOps, a method of software development that shortens development times.
Secure the business with user-friendly identity-based solutions
"It's about providing the right access to the right users, at the right time, with the least amount of friction,” Gregoire added. New API Management and Security solutions and enhancements help enterprises leverage their APIs to rapidly create new, high-quality applications and drive new revenue sources.
Gregoire called APIs the building blocks of an Application Economy. "You have to manage them, open new development environments, and attract a community of developers. We are announcing new API offerings that allow you to open your Enterprise to the Internet of Things," he said.
Manage the IT portfolio and transform complexity into business value
"We are going to help you manage IT like a business – and create value across the enterprise,” Gregoire said, observing that while IT environments are becoming increasingly difficult to manage, CA’s Management Cloud can help.
Amit Chatterjee, Executive VP, Enterprise Solutions and Technology, CA Technologies, reiterated that software now defines a company’s competitiveness and success on day 2 of CA World.
“Enterprise software is fundamentally changing. It’s no longer about packaged applications, one size fits all. It’s about taking existing applications, the data that’s in the enterprise, and new content, to create more personalised applications that serve your specific needs and power your business,” he said in his keynote.
“Companies that are using software to power their future are seeing revenues and profits rise. And, when you ask line-of-business leaders to list their top priorities, 94% say launching a new powerful application is on their must-do list.”
With applications proliferating across the global economy, emerging disruptive forces will redefine how a business uses technology:
The truly unwired enterprise
Ambient data
A side effect of the unwired enterprise is even more data, generated from even more sources. “As a result of this growth, you won’t have one big data repository anymore. You will have multitudes. Today, in our software labs we have teams of engineers building new, powerful solutions. We’re going to give you a better way to manage heterogeneous big data,” he said.
API-assembled applications
With so much data, applications will be about chaining APIs together. “You need to (…) build applications with the data across your internal systems. As well as from the free-flowing information that exists beyond your infrastructure, in your social networks, search engines, partner applications and all other available data. APIs provide the unifying platform. Because it will allow you to spin up applications quickly and effectively, to drive new experiences, open new revenue streams, and power your future in the Application Economy,” Chatterjee said.
“There’s no question tomorrow will come, and with it, incredible advances and innovation. Fortunes will be made. Entirely new categories and market leaders will be born. And, it will all happen because of what you do today,” concluded Chatterjee.
“Five years ago, we started hearing about the Internet of Things. We’re starting to see that taken to the next level. No parameters. No on/off switch. No log-ons or ‘connect to WiFi.’ It’s an era of perpetual connectivity. And it will expand the universe of opportunity,” Chatterjee said.
Chatterjee also pointed out that the 'unwired enterprise' is more complex, and therefore going to be more of a headache for companies than the bring your own device (BYOD) movement. "The volume of data (it) will create will be simply enormous. It will flow across networks at unprecedented velocity and volume…creating a data tidal wave in your organisation and enormous pressure on your infrastructure," he warned.
Chatterjee also pointed out that the 'unwired enterprise' is more complex, and therefore going to be more of a headache for companies than the bring your own device (BYOD) movement. "The volume of data (it) will create will be simply enormous. It will flow across networks at unprecedented velocity and volume…creating a data tidal wave in your organisation and enormous pressure on your infrastructure," he warned.
Ambient data
A side effect of the unwired enterprise is even more data, generated from even more sources. “As a result of this growth, you won’t have one big data repository anymore. You will have multitudes. Today, in our software labs we have teams of engineers building new, powerful solutions. We’re going to give you a better way to manage heterogeneous big data,” he said.
API-assembled applications
With so much data, applications will be about chaining APIs together. “You need to (…) build applications with the data across your internal systems. As well as from the free-flowing information that exists beyond your infrastructure, in your social networks, search engines, partner applications and all other available data. APIs provide the unifying platform. Because it will allow you to spin up applications quickly and effectively, to drive new experiences, open new revenue streams, and power your future in the Application Economy,” Chatterjee said.
“There’s no question tomorrow will come, and with it, incredible advances and innovation. Fortunes will be made. Entirely new categories and market leaders will be born. And, it will all happen because of what you do today,” concluded Chatterjee.
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