PracticalSOA

Courtesy Vinnie Mirchandani’s blog, a most informative post on ZDnet on the evolution of the packaged software industry:

“….selling software as a continuously updated service, on a pay-as-you-go subscription, seems like an anomaly. But the accepted status quo is in fact merely a quirk of history, brought about by government action.“

(Emphasis mine)

I wasn’t aware of this fact at all. If you work in the packaged software business or in the implementation business, you should read the full post. You should also check out Vinnie’s post on this topic.

In our business, we too are experiencing something similar. It may not yet be as noticeable as in the case of some SaaS providers, but it is undoubtedly felt by all of us.

We develop solutions on top of SAP’s Netweaver platform but we do not implement any of the back-end products from SAP (such as ECC or CRM or SRM). So in that sense, we are not a packaged software provider nor are we - strictly speaking - in the implementation business. But customers expect our solutions to deliver features and functionality, just as they would from a software product vendor.

Interesting times, to be in the enterprise software business right now.

A proud moment for all of us at Bridge-X:

SAP’s SDN carries an interview with one of our founders, Sandeep Nalgundwar. (Note: The link opens up an MP3 file).

The interview was conducted by one of the most respected writers covering the enterprise apps business today.

Even though our team has been working on these composite application ideas for more than 2 years now, it is good so exciting to hear a dedicated follower of technology like Paul Greenberg describe our composite applications as “amazing” in that interview.