Current software development practices for enterprise applications often result in products that are too expensive to develop, acquire, implement, integrate and then maintain. The typical software development cycle starts with a base product that is developed and subsequently sold, if external, or delivered, if internal, to a client. If the base product is lacking in functionality, then additional modifications must be made to the base product, adding to the cost of development. Once modifications have been completed, the implementation and integration phase starts. This phase has high costs associated with it; usually surrounding customization in order to get the software to interface with existing legacy systems. Finally, annual maintenance and service fess are charged, which usually do not include future upgrades. Clients are frequently less than happy with the results. The software development entity is often unaware that the client is not happy until the next development cycle is well under way, at which point it is too late and too expensive to address the problems. This results in an endless cycle where the software developed for a client continuously lags behind the client’s actual needs. Financial and human resources, which could be used too much greater effect elsewhere, are absorbed into a cycle that could be avoided altogether.

One of the highest costs involved in software development is the cost of developers. Over the past few decades computers have automated most industries. Ironically, the one industry that has not benefited from automation is the software development industry. Writing software is still a manual process involving monotonous and repetitive tasks. Techniques, such as code reuse and code generation have been developed over the years to reduce the workload. However, developers are inherently resistant to change and to anything they perceive as being able to “replace” them. Either they do not trust someone else’s code, or they think they could write better code themselves. For whatever reason, developers wind up reinventing the wheel project after project and billing for that work. Since developers are reluctant to utilize tools and techniques in their own development, they become their own worst enemy. The computer is the greatest tool ever invented and developers, the ones that make this great tool work, are reluctant to take maximum advantage of it.

If there is an industry that should be automated it is the software industry. All business applications perform the same basic functions and they interact with a database the same way, doing inserts, updates, queries, deletes, etc. They interact with the user through a user interface allowing the user to input and retrieve data. The internal plumbing that ties everything together is the same. What makes an application unique is the business rules, logic, and workflows (how the user moves through the application). Ideally there would be a tool that would “create” these common features and help “manage” the unique parts.

A tool is needed that would allow a developer to focus on the “what” or the rules and workflows instead of the “how” or the plumbing. A tool is needed that would take care of the monotonous and repetitive tasks. These laborious tasks are precisely where a computer excels. This tool has been created and it is ready for those who can accept giving up total development control and let the computer do what it was invented to do: expedite commerce.

Difference

The term software development clearly means the creation of all such softwares that actually make our work easier while software engineering starts when the work of software development ends. So, they both go hand in hand when it comes to the implementation of software. For laymen it may sound same but in practical they are interchangeable and closely interrelated. For further understanding, software is created when you want a particular work to get performed say for example design database software that will keep track of your bird watching hobby, and then you’ll just need software development whereas, for making your program with multiple functions, engineering will be needed.

Role of Software Engineering

People with specialized knowledge of software applications are called ‘Software engineers’. They implement and design software applications through the use of many mediums. Further, these software applications will then be used for a variety of purposes from business practices to entertainment purposes. In fact, these developed applications allow users to make their work functional and productive. There are many software applications available in the market such as language applications, office applications, entertainment packages, and applications for education.

Future in software Engineering

Generally, the cost of recruiting a software developer is comparatively less than recruiting a software engineer as their nature of work is complexes than creation of actual software. With the passing time, the demand of more advanced softwares, the future of software industry is growing each year. More and more businesses are demanding their own software developed for them that is specific to what they do and what they want the software to do.

Expansion in global business has lead to a volume increase in the services requirement. Marketing challenges of the export houses need effective inventory management with quality. Software development companies in India possess expertise in the development of inventory based application and ERP solutions to implement the same for cost reduction, quality increase and profitability.

Retail Industry today needs support in retaining customers and also in ensuring customers to repeat their business by staying competitive. Indian Software development companies have proven expertise and experience in development of transaction based web application and e-commerce sites and client server applications.

Manufacturing sector and services sector is a major hub in the global business arena. Production Planning, automation of order to cash and procure to pay cycles play a significant role in global competitiveness and focused quality service. Software development companies in India excel in services offered in the areas of application development and Enterprise Resource Planning, development and Implementation.

Wireless mobility and automation systems need handling of security issues with user friendly interface and faster access through latest technology adaptation. To stay in tune with the latest demand in product development, Indian Software development companies provide design and development of Embedded Systems, wireless product and application development for blue tooth, IRDA etc.

Software development companies in India work as extended arms as offshore units to leading organizations to provide 24 X 7 development and support activities, cost effective resource management and flexible skilled manpower availability.

Many Indian IT companies extend outsourcing services with core expertise in Business to business, Business to customer, Banking, Finance, Real Estate domains and verticals like Insurance, Oil & gas, GIS etc.

Software development companies in India possess in depth core expertise in application development in .NET, Microsoft Technologies, Java based development, SAP, Oracle ERP and CRM solutions and various latest cutting edge technologies under different operating systems and platforms with options of multiple back end and database technologies. Development services are also offered in web application designing and redesigning, PHP, AJAX development, Ruby on Rails, content management solutions through Joomla and Drupal.