There are many application development environments and platforms in use today. The rise of Internet technologies in the past few years has superceded many of the client/server applications in use. Still, companies need to ensure that their applications can continue to be developed, maintained, and upgraded where necessary.

Companies also need to continuously build new applications to take advantage of the opportunities the web presents. As mergers and consolidations happen, there is a need to bridge applications and access data from multiple systems.Companies need application development professionals who are skilled at the latest and existing technologies.