On the frontend side, the technological future certainly belongs to HTML5, as described at the beginning of this chapter. We are witnessing a lot of new developments and innovation is this area, and hybrid apps (for example, the ones using Apache Cordova) are playing a more and more important role.

The mobile solution environment, therefore, represents a genuine opportunity for IT to move away from being a cost center and towards being a value-creating business enabler, creating new business opportunities via technological innovation. This will happen even faster when the IoT hype settles and when our backends are flushed with high-volume data and event streams in the century of data. Mobile solutions have a hard need for good backend integration technology to avoid maintenance hell. In general, upcoming mobile technology will push the need for fast integration to a new extent. Also, business processes will benefit highly from mobile support, which includes smartphones, tablets, and...