Hull-based research company ButlerBloor Ltd, which caused a stir last year with its survey Database: An Evaluation and Comparison, has started the new year by releasing what looks to be an equally interesting appraisal of The Future of Software: its main findings are that traditional company structures must be changed in order to benefit from information technology – for example, a company’s director of information technology should have as high a status as the managing and financial directors, and that object-oriented methods and metatools are crucial to the future of software; available from ButlerBloor, the report sells for UKP420.
