We help develop software for a few "traditional" industries that have mostly had installed thick client apps (or mainframe) stuff to date. These applications a

We help develop software for a few "traditional" industries that have mostly had installed thick client apps (or mainframe) stuff to date. These applications are now seeing benefits of becoming web applications beyond simpler collaboration suites-> light, mobile and distributed. The advent of development frameworks, agile & TDD driven processes have reduced costs that 5 years ago would have put custom enterprise apps in the several million dollar range. I used to work with a "player" in the "middleware" market which was thriving 5 yrs ago and now only belongs to a few of the big guns. The extent of command & control experience has been limited, as there are more hesitations with security and less node-based infrastructure, but things have been continually shifting. This market does still command top dollar to the consulting companies, but the SaaS model is doing quite well for new entrants. OPOWER.com comes to mind with energy-savings modules and reporting for consumers and utilties. Notably, with the advent of lightweight web-enabled control "kits" (arduino for example), we're seeing more and more of this especially in the last 24 months. I'm excited to be in this field and hope that we have a chance to pickup a project or two incorporating more control interfaces in our work.