What organizations are currently doing Component-Based Development?
Relatively few organizations have started doing CBD seriously. It is being adopted faster in some industries than others – notably insurance and other financial sectors, and telecoms. Many other organizations are holding a watching brief – they are attending industry and vendor briefings, or joining the CBD Forum, but have not yet started doing CBD seriously. A number of large software vendors have made a major commitment to Component-Based Development, including Forte, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Sterling and Sun. It is likely that there will be a steep growth in CBD within the next 12-18 months, particularly after IT organizations have got through Year 2000.