If you have been watching RedMonk for any length of time you’ll know that we finally found a quick shorthand name for our core thesis – that bottom up usage led by practitioners is the most powerful force in IT adoption today. New Kingmakers is the theme.
As markets fragment, and new technologies emerge at breakneck pace, the old certainties are falling apart. We need to completely restructure how we develop, manage and use technology. Agile supplants Waterfall. NoSQL supplants and or augments relational. Java vs .NET becomes a historical, rather than future facing decision. New buyers are elbowing aside old ones- app dev is increasingly a marketing spend. Traditional long term contracts prevent users from adopting new technologies. Outsourcing prevents users from adopting new technologies. FUD prevents users from taking advantage of awesome code written by web companies. Like I say – the old certainties are dashed to pieces.
So in an age of change and confusion- where decision making can’t just be purchase led – the developer and engineer comes into their own. Nobody is asking anybody for permission to get shit done any more. I will be in San Francisco next week and you’ll have two chances to hear me speak on these new realities.
On Monday morning, PST, I will be at SAP in Palo Alto, and will be presenting to a bunch of SAP R&D and management folks, with outsiders invited too. The talk will also be streamed.
Then I will reprise the talk, with more social theming, at Dreamforce on Wednesday at the developer theatre. If you’re at Dreamforce I think you’ll get something out of it. On yeah, if you are Dreamforce then definitely check out John Musser’s talk on Thursday – he knows APIs better than anyone, is an engaging knowledgeable speaker. Want to know what makes a great API (other than developers like it?) – John will tell you.
Both talks will be different, but the core thesis is the same – developers are the best people to make platform choices.
Links 9/26/12 » NumbersNelson says:
October 2, 2012 at 6:57 pm
[…] “As markets fragment, and new technologies emerge at breakneck pace, the old certainties are falling apart. We need to completely restructure how we develop, manage and use technology.” http://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2012/09/14/developers-the-new-kingmakers-2-chances-to-see-me-talk-next-… […]
Salesforce Platform Developer User Group – October Meetings says:
October 4, 2012 at 9:33 pm
[…] the Developer Keynote, feeling the energy of the crowd and the excitement. It really is true that developers are the new kingmakers, and I’m excited to see the great things you all do on the Salesforce […]
Platform as a Service is so much more than deploying apps | VentureBeat says:
October 19, 2012 at 6:31 pm
[…] almost no PaaS vendors plan to go that route. If, as James Governor of Redmonk says, “developers are the new kingmakers,” shouldn’t we be giving them the tools they need to be at their creative and […]
Platform as a Service is so much more than deploying apps | Simply Boundless Entertainment says:
October 19, 2012 at 9:53 pm
[…] almost no PaaS vendors plan to go that route. If, as James Governor of Redmonk says, “developers are the new kingmakers,” shouldn’t we be giving them the tools they need to be at their creative and […]
Platform as a Service is so much more than deploying apps | HenQ Venture says:
October 20, 2012 at 3:38 am
[…] almost no PaaS vendors plan to go that route. If, as James Governor of Redmonk says, “developers are the new kingmakers,” shouldn’t we be giving them the tools they need to be at their creative and […]
Salesforce Platform Developer User Group – October Meetings | WikiCloud says:
October 30, 2012 at 3:12 pm
[…] the Developer Keynote, feeling the energy of the crowd and the excitement. It really is true that developers are the new kingmakers, and I’m excited to see the great things you all do on the Salesforce […]
iLost, iWashed, iBroke, iWant | Innovation says:
November 5, 2012 at 10:01 pm
[…] Whatever it is, I asked myself whether this is necessarily a bad thing. Ultimately, should companies simply embrace the fact that their employees will go to such lengths to get their hands on the latest technology? Personally, I think having individuals embrace new technology is paramount, a point made very well in a great blog I recently read which said that “bottom up usage led by practitioners is the most powerful force in IT adoption.” […]
Developers as Kingmakers – The Redmonk View | JD-OD.com says:
November 28, 2012 at 10:24 am
[…] was initially skeptical of James Governor‘s argument that developers are the new kingmakers, but more recently he has reconsidered. In this recent shoot, James analyzes the trends that have […]
Platform as a Service is so much more than deploying apps | BaciNews says:
December 27, 2013 at 6:55 am
[…] almost no PaaS vendors plan to go that route. If, as James Governor of Redmonk says, “developers are the new kingmakers,” shouldn’t we be giving them the tools they need to be at their creative and […]