Douglas C. Schmidt Professor of Computer Science, Associate Chair of Computer Science and Engineering Vanderbilt University T he evolution of software technologies over the past five decades has involved the creation of languages and platforms that help developers program more in terms of their design intent, such as architectural concepts and abstractions, and shield them from the complexities of the underlying computing substrate, such as CPU, memory, and network devices. After years of progress, many projects today use third-generation programming languages, such as Java, C++, and C#, and...

"The Platform" which was pioneered independently by Amazon and Apple over the last decade is creating a highly disruptive environment, introducing a discontinuity at all levels: economic, financial, political and social. Market structures and Industry boundaries are about to shift in unforeseeable ways, and every space should be considered uncontested. There is simply no amount of historical patterns, cost cutting, dashboards, 4 square frameworks or sustainable evolutions that can prepare an organization to transition into that new world. Innovating in the Platform era requires a lot more...

Douglas C. Schmidt Professor of Computer Science, Associate Chair of Computer Science and Engineering Vanderbilt University T he evolution of software technologies over the past five decades has involved the creation of languages and platforms that help developers program more in terms of their design intent, such as architectural concepts and abstractions, and shield them from the complexities of the underlying computing substrate, such as CPU, memory, and network devices. After years of progress, many projects today use third-generation programming languages, such as Java, C++, and C#, and...