I participated in a SaaS event this week that was sponsored by IBM. It was sort of a funny feeling to be at a very good, positive event that focused on SaaS as a platform right in the midst of an economic meltdown. In some ways, I had one of those...

If you are not in the software industry and not conversant in the jargon, you probably think I have lost my mind. What do you mean WOA? It stands for Web Oriented Architecture (WOA). So, from what I can see, the positioning is that SOA is about...

I have been researching and thinking about the problem of the packaged application for many years now. Over the years I have had conversations with many CIOs who are planning to implement large complex ERP systems as part of their initiative to...