The Birth of Enterprise 2.0

More than simply Web 2.0 applied to business, the synthesis of new technologies, models and mindsets will revolutionize corporate computing ñ and the software industry.

By M.R. Rangaswami, Sand Hill Group

At Sand Hill Group, weíve watched the enterprise software industry move in and out of the spotlight. Since launching the Enterprise conference in 1998, weíve listened as software CEOs and experts have debated the industryís opportunities and shortcomings.

One by one, technologies, models and vendors have emerged that have had a dramatic impact on the future of the industry: open source, offshoring, services-oriented architecture (SOA) and software as a service (SaaS). Most recently, the buzz about Web 2.0 has moved to its potential in the business world.

The future of corporate computing is starting to come into focus. Rather than one single trend taking the lead, Enterprise 2.0 will be the combination of all of these new technologies and models. It will re-shape the CIOís philosophy about IT ñ and it will transform the way vendors build and sell software.

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