At leading IT analyst firm Gartner Inc.'s Fall 2012 ITxpo conference, the main topic was how IT should adjust to the highly disruptive, consumer-driven group of phenomena that consists of cloud computing, Web information, mobile devices, and social media innovations.

Read this SearchSOA.com expert e-guide to find out what conclusions were presented at the Gartner conference. Then, explore a second helpful article that zeroes in on the challenges of developing enterprise mobile apps— a territory that is largely uncharted for most enterprise developers. Find useful tips on how to:

• Choose an effective mobile application development strategy
• Meet speed, reliability, and user experience expectations
• Resize service-oriented architecture (SOA) services to the confines of small devices
• And more!