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Need to Reduce Time to Market Will Boost the Global Integrated Development Environment as a Service Market Through 2020, Says Technavio
[May 03, 2016]

Need to Reduce Time to Market Will Boost the Global Integrated Development Environment as a Service Market Through 2020, Says Technavio


According to their latest report, Technavio analysts expect global integrated development environment (IDE) as a service market for 2016-2020 to reach USD 288 million by 2020, growing at a CAGR of around 26%.

According to Amit Sharma, lead research analyst at Technavio for cloud computing research, "IDE solutions in the form of IT as a service are quickly gaining popularity among software developers to reduce costs of desktop IDE solutions. The demand for cloud-based IDE is increasing gradually among enterprises that look for flexibility to enable programmers to write codes, as well as perform compilation and debugging efficiently."

Technavio's lead ICT market research analysts have identified the following four factors that will drive the global IDE as a service market:

  • Shift from desktop to web-based IDE solutions
  • Need to improve quality of code
  • Need to reduce time to market
  • Emergence of collaborative development environment

Shift from desktop to web-based IDE solutions

Web-based IDE solutions such as cloud-based IDE are cost-effective and flexible solutions. On-premise software solutions require high upfront capital investment and installation costs. Cloud-based solutions offer low-cost options and rapid deployment of services. The key benefit to the implementation of cloud-based solutions is the pay-per-use pricing model where clients pay only for what they use.

Software developers can select cloud-based IDE solutions as per their software development project requirements. This helps developers to significantly reduce IT costs in developing software applications. Online IDE solutions can be accessed from any location and hosting facility are provided by service providers, which reduces in-house IT infrastructure costs.

Need to improve quality of code

Coding requires high levels of technical skills to develop software and improve the quality of software applications. IDE provides a set of solutions to help developers code software programs efficiently and enhance the overall quality of the coding process. Also, it enables software developers to develop software applications in a collaborative environment for final testing of software applications.



IDE reduces complexities in the coding process by removing bugs and errors in the software codes, thus improving the quality of code as errors and bugs are detected at early stages of the software development process. IDE provides automated tools to execute software code in designing software application. Also, software design can be configured according to developer's project requirements. Quality improvement in the coding process helps reduce capital expenses and creates high-quality software applications for greater customer satisfaction.

Need to reduce time to market


IDE solutions help reduce time to market for software applications as developers can build and run software applications quickly. The software marketplace is highly competitive in nature and the demand for innovative software applications is on a rise to meet business requirements. To remain competitive in the global marketplace, software developers require collaborative and integrated IT environment to build applications faster.

Automation of the software development process through IDE tools reduces the time taken to write, test and run a code before finally deploying the software application. IDE solutions provide automated editing and debugging tools that reduce the time to detect and fix errors in the code.

Emergence of collaborative development environment

Collaborative development environment enables programmers and IT team of software development projects to execute projects via the Internet irrespective of the time zone and geographic locations.

IDE solutions provide a real-time coding environment for collaborative editing of software programs. These solutions establish a software development ecosystem where programmers can exchange information related to the project development process. IDE as a service model offers a platform to synchronize programmers with various stages of numerous projects of software applications at a time. The collaborative development environment connects programmers with their project managers to deliver projects on scheduled time.

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