IoT technology is a driving force for what some are calling the 4th Industrial Revolution—or Industry 4.0—which predicts that manufacturing as we know it will morph into something almost completely new. To support this revolution, the demand for software will grow exponentially, possibly leading us to a new software crisis. Stefano Rizzo presents eight key predictions about software and supporting technologies that will make Industry 4.0 a reality and deliver the promises of IoT. Stefano describes a new generation of application development and test/QA platforms replacing the current crop of application lifecycle management (ALM) tools. He predicts that new, unified ALM systems will define a 4th era in software development history. These tools—along with the evolving technologies and practices—must prepare us to meet the requirements that IoT software be available, scalable, flexible, reusable, reliable, secure, certified, compliant, and safe. Join Stefano to look into your future and the explosion of software applications to learn how we will deliver the software that organizations will demand.
2. Stefano Rizzo
Polarion Software
In a career spanning some twenty years, Stefano Rizzo has been a
methodology consultant, a pre-sales engineer, an IT researcher, a university
professor, VP of R&D for a large consortium, Regional Sales Director for a
software company, and CEO of two software development organizations. With
his broad experience in the Application Lifecycle Management arena, he has
been leading Product Management for Polarion Software’s product lines from its
first release in 2005 until 2010. In his current SVP Strategy & Business
Development role, in addition to defining corporate vision, he leads several
research projects in the ALM and PLM fields.
