ISVs / Developers

Superior technology on its own does not always determine the success of a technology platform. Ease of engagement for partners, marketing and distribution play a significant role in technology adoption, which ultimately determines the platforms that become pervasive.

ISVs and Developers gravitate to platforms that are “frictionless” and provide greater value. This allows them to harness speed and cost in their own efforts to compete effectively and win new customers. Technology compatibility and ease of use issues can impede development activities. If there are significant obstacles embedded in issue resolution and certification processes, ISV’s product quality, ability to innovate and time-to-market can be impacted.

Developers can overcome even significant obstacles if they have easy access to pertinent technical information. So when platform vendors provide open channels for developers to receive technical coaching and resolve issues, they not only facilitate the adoption of the platform technology, but they can gain the ability to influence how applications are built and how best to exploit platform features.

This is the approach SpikeSource has taken to lower development costs, improve product quality and reduce time to market across the ISV and development community. SpikeSource provides developers self service tools to evaluate their applications for compliance and security flaws. SpikeSource then enables platform vendors to maintain the paths to resolution through a comprehensive rules engine. This results in a convenient way for developers to access application-specific guidance in the form of automated remediation and recommendation instructions.

With these mechanisms in place, SpikeSource provides a framework that supports multiple compliance or competency initiatives while it collects data on developer actions and experiences such as click stream details each time an ISV analyzes their application for compliance. The result is a continuous, automated workflow process that can easily be incorporated into existing development and quality assurance programs, and one which provides business intelligence about the partner ecosystem in order to measure their investments and to support ongoing improvements.

SpikeSource benefits ISVs and developers because it provides the exact information required to build and monitor compliant solutions. Platform vendors benefit because it transforms ad hoc compliance programs and activities into a continuous, predictable process that is collaborative and inspires strong developer affinity and loyalty across their partner ecosystem.