So what to take away from the SpringOne 2012 conference? The overall theme of this conference is the changing world we as developer find ourselves in. As we all know the world of software development is always evolving at a rapid pace. This evolution always leads to changes in requirements and new solutions to breach the gap. In some cases these evolutions require a new way of thinking. The essence of this SpringOne is about the latter. The current evolution is driven by:

• increases in data quantity
• the explosion of browser enabled devices
• the request for higher quality of service (an application needs to be able to survive outage of a data center)
• near real time delivery of contextual information and social integration in frontends.

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