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% of developers working on mobile applications

Base: 3,335 (in 2012) and 4,809 (in 2013) enterprise, SMB and independent developers worlwideSource: Zend Technologies, Zend Developer Pulse™: Developers and App Economy 2011 and 2013

2012 2013

66%

91%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

100%

Graph 2

% of developers (by company size) planning to work on mobile apps in 2013

Base: 4,809 enterprise, SMB and independent developers worlwideSource: Zend Technologies, Zend Developer Pulse™: Developers and App Economy 2013

Independent developer 2-100 employees 101-1000 employees 1001-5000 employees 5000+ employees

91% 91% 91%83%

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

20%

10%

30%

0%

100%

90%

Graph 3

% of developers who can de�ne the backend capabilties they plan to implement for mobile apps


Don't know

76%

24%

Can de�ne

Graph 4

If you're building or planning to build mobile applications in 2013, which of the following server-side capabilities would you need? (Select all that apply)


Interoperability with social platforms

API versioning Native push noti�cation

Client/Server data mapping

Geo-location support

37% 39%45%

49%44%

50%

40%

20%

10%

30%

0%

60%

Graph 5

79%Web apps (HTML5 and other web technologies)

Hybrid (Combination of Web and Native apps)

Native apps (Objective C, Java)

I don't know yet, but I intend to deliver content to mobile audiences

33%

26%

12%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

How do you plan to deliver content and services to your mobile audience in 2013? (select all that apply)


Graph 6

% of developers working on public cloud(s)

Base: 3,335 (in 2012) and 4,809 (in 2013) enterprise, SMB and independent developers worlwideSource: Zend Technologies, Zend Developer Pulse™: Developers and App Economy 2011 and 2013

2012 2013

61% 68%80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

100%

Graph 7

33%

51%Amazon Web Services

I don't know yet, but I do intend to use a public cloud

Google Compute

Rackspace

Microsoft Azure

Red Hat OpenShift

Other (please specify)

IBM Smart Cloud

14%

21%

8%

11%

6%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

11%

Which public cloud(s) do you intend to use for your apps in 2013? (Select all that apply)


Graph 8

Do you experience any delays in rolling out your code to production


No87%

13%

Yes

Graph 9

% of companies automating the application deployment process


Small to Mid sized Companies (less than 1,000 employess) Large Companies (over 1,000 employess)

38%42%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

100%

Graph 10

Based on your experience, what is the main cause of failure/delay in rolling out your code to production?


8%

41%

27%

15%

No automation in the deployment process

Lack of collaboration with operations

Other

9%Lack of access to the production

environment

Inconsistent environments between development/testing/production

How much of your time is spent on production problem resolution and maintenance vs. developing new functionalities?


10% problem resolution, 90% new functionalities





0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

21%90%10%

37%75%25%

26%

50%50%

13%

25%75%

4%90% 10%

Graph 11

Have you ever had to work late/work on a weekend/vacation/holiday because of an emergency problem with your application once it was in production?


I'm an independent developer

101-1,000 employees

1,001-5000 employees

Greater than 5,000 employees

80%

90%

100%

60%

70%

40%

50%

20%

30%

10%

0%

Yes

No

2-100 employees

89%

11%

90%

10%

91%

9%

91%

9%

87%

13%

Graph 12

What size of company do you work for?


16%

50%

24%

5%

Independent developer

5000+ employees

101-1000 employees

5%1001-5000 employees

2-100 employees

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