Software Development: 9 Statistics You Need to Know
Software Development: 9 Statistics You Need to Know
US Market Size
SelectUSA
$3.8 trillion global IT market
is in the United States.
The country with the highest number of app downloads is the United States
Number of smartphone users in the United States in 2017 was 224.3m
Number of Android users in the United States is 107.7m
Median cost per hour to develop a cross-platform app in North America in 2015 is $125 USD
Mobile Operating Systems’ Market Share in the United States, July 2017
Statista
Cognitive Computing
IoT
Enterprise Mobility
Top Areas of Growth Opportunities
Deloitte
“Exponential” technologies
Robotics, virtual reality, augmented reality, 3-D printing, artifical intelligence
Cognitive technologies
Machine learning, natural language processing, speech & pattern recognition
Blockchain
The foundation for the digital currencies such as bitcoin
The Internet of Things (IoT)
Physical devices, vehicles, home appliances
“Anything as a service” offerings
Services delivered through the Cloud computing – IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Cybersecurity products & services
Threat management, identity services, and data, app, network, mobile, and IoT security
Top 5 Industries Targeted by Big Data Analytics Application Developers, as of 2016
Statista
Internet of Things (IoT)
Professional, scientific, and technical services
(non-computer related)
Telecom
Manufacturing (non-computer related)
Finance / Insurance
Software and Information Technology Industry Associations
Deloitte
Industry Associations
- Business Software Alliance – https://www.bsa.org/
- Information Technology Industry Council – https://www.itic.org/
- Software and Information Industry Association – https://www.siia.net/
- Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) – https://www.ccianet.org/
- CompTIA – https://http//www.comptia.org/
- The App Association – https://actonline.org/
Industry Publications:
- SDTimes – https://sdtimes.com/
- Computerworld – https://www.computerworld.com/
- Computing Now – https://www.computer.org/web/computingnow
- Computer Weekly – https://www.computerweekly.com/
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