Today’s businesses are all about quickly adapting to changing conditions. Employees want prompt access to their data. They also want the ability to analyze and act upon changing situations and evolving markets, so they can seize strategic advantages and exploit opportunities. To make business more agile, IT itself must become agile—quick, resourceful, and adaptable. Today that means being able to create applications for the moment, what are often called agile applications.

In a white paper I wrote for SnapLogic, I talk about some of the challenges and opportunities for creating Web mashups and rich Internet applications, and how the company’s data tools can be helpful for corporate developers.

You can download the paper here.