Comments on: SaaS and the Servitization of the Software Industry – Part 1 http://servitizer.com/blog/2009/08/07/saas-and-the-servitization-of-the-software-industry-part-1/ Moving Business In A Smarter Direction Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:27:40 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The New ISV & The New Software Economy @ The Servitizer Blog http://servitizer.com/blog/2009/08/07/saas-and-the-servitization-of-the-software-industry-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-435 The New ISV & The New Software Economy @ The Servitizer Blog Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:48:07 +0000 http://servitizer.com/blog/?p=57#comment-435 [...] dwarfed by changes in the delivery side of the business. As has already been discussed on this blog here and here and on others, the impact of SaaS on the delivery side is more profound. This means that [...] [...] dwarfed by changes in the delivery side of the business. As has already been discussed on this blog here and here and on others, the impact of SaaS on the delivery side is more profound. This means that [...]

]]> By: Haut Tec » SaaS & Cloud: Service Beyond The Hype Cycle http://servitizer.com/blog/2009/08/07/saas-and-the-servitization-of-the-software-industry-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Haut Tec » SaaS & Cloud: Service Beyond The Hype Cycle Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:42:43 +0000 http://servitizer.com/blog/?p=57#comment-330 [...] to purchasing relationships. As Steve Plunkett, CTO of Servitizer recently pointed out in his two part blog series – this is an exercise in going back where the industry came from. Companies like IBM and HP [...] [...] to purchasing relationships. As Steve Plunkett, CTO of Servitizer recently pointed out in his two part blog series – this is an exercise in going back where the industry came from. Companies like IBM and HP [...]

]]> By: steve http://servitizer.com/blog/2009/08/07/saas-and-the-servitization-of-the-software-industry-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-324 steve Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:00:08 +0000 http://servitizer.com/blog/?p=57#comment-324 Michael, Excellent comments. There is indeed huge irony that the very companies who were built around a true services model of application/computing delivery are now having to play catchup as the industry returns to its starting point! We can only hope that some of those earlier experiences and hard learned processes are resurrected and applied to the next cycle. Steve Michael,

Excellent comments. There is indeed huge irony that the very companies who were built around a true services model of application/computing delivery are now having to play catchup as the industry returns to its starting point!

We can only hope that some of those earlier experiences and hard learned processes are resurrected and applied to the next cycle.

Steve

]]> By: Michael Dunham http://servitizer.com/blog/2009/08/07/saas-and-the-servitization-of-the-software-industry-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Michael Dunham Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:04:43 +0000 http://servitizer.com/blog/?p=57#comment-323 Interesting review of where things have been...! I've lived and worked through the changes you mention during my career, but I hadn't really thought back about how companies like IBM and HP really got a foothold in the enterprise market. Of course in those days, SMB's didn't have a shot at anything remotely related to a "computer" or a network other than a phone. The other side of the past however is the "collective knowledge" of service delivery during those days is largely gone. I've watched those same companies divest themselves of herds of consultants and jettison carefully crafted processes to embrace the personal computer and local server instead. So they became retailers of hardware and software instead. Full circle indeed! Interesting review of where things have been…!

I’ve lived and worked through the changes you mention during my career, but I hadn’t really thought back about how companies like IBM and HP really got a foothold in the enterprise market. Of course in those days, SMB’s didn’t have a shot at anything remotely related to a “computer” or a network other than a phone.

The other side of the past however is the “collective knowledge” of service delivery during those days is largely gone. I’ve watched those same companies divest themselves of herds of consultants and jettison carefully crafted processes to embrace the personal computer and local server instead. So they became retailers of hardware and software instead.

Full circle indeed!

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