Why application development is better in the cloud

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

InfoWorld’s own Paul Krill has the skinny around a recent Evans Data survey that found developers are split on the benefits of building in the cloud. This is an important data point: One of the true "killer" use cases for cloud computing is app dev and test. The payback from using public cloud-based assets to build, test, and deploy applications is already compelling, but it will become immense in the near future.

The results of the Evans Data Cloud Development Survey, conducted in December and released this month, found that cloud platforms reduce overall development time by an average of 11.6 percent. This is largely due to the cloud platform’s ability to streamline the development process, including the ability to quickly get the development assets online. Moreover, cloud platforms provide the ability to collaborate on development efforts, which is also a benefit…

However, about 10 percent of developers cited no time savings in using cloud-based development environments. An equal amount said they had experienced more than 30 percent in time savings, and 38 percent cited savings in the 11 to 20 percent range…

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