It is time for a market place
Organizations waste their capital and precious resources in reinventing the wheel again & again. In the last 17 + years as a professional I have seen this first hand in very many places. The stories from market support this. Many of these organizations that run ERP applications like Oracle & SAP engage in very similar application extension/customization activities to solve business problems. There might be some variations in the processes but the crux of the problems solved is very similar. If these solutions are exchanged it would enable faster resolutions and cost saving. Even process variations will be adjusted to save cost.
Global IT outsourcing organizations have been making good use of this concept. They are in a unique situation to take advantage of this due to their exposure and access to legacy and newly created IP. Most of these companies offer some sort of solution portfolios that are a makeover of a knock off of projects they have done for their customers. There are some smaller boutique companies with solutions too, but they face a stiff resistance to sell into corporate world
It is high time for a vendor market place. These big ERP vendors should encourage organizations and individuals to develop solutions/applications on their platform that would seamlessly integrate with their products. These big ERP vendors can certify and approve these products for a fee. They can take a cut on the transaction if customers download and deploy these applications. This enable small player to get access to a big ERP market and open up sleuth of opportunities for innovation. It will accelerate the rate of innovation. (We may even end up getting a loveable UI for Oracle Tele service screens). This action will also give confidence to customers while deploying solutions from small organizations.
SFDC is innovating faster than many vendors with a similar approach. Organizations not adopting this strategy are leaving lots of money on the table to the secondary market. The community will innovate faster any corporate entity. The acceptance of applications in the cloud and loose coupling of applications using Service Oriented Architecture ( SOA) has considerably reduced the risk of experimenting with community innovation.
By not establishing a market place Oracle & SAP are not only doing a disservice to their customers but also undermining their own future dominance in the enterprise applications market.
--- SM Sridharam … Solution Architects @ Quadrobay
Organizations waste their capital and precious resources in reinventing the wheel again & again. In the last 17 + years as a professional I have seen this first hand in very many places. The stories from market support this. Many of these organizations that run ERP applications like Oracle & SAP engage in very similar application extension/customization activities to solve business problems. There might be some variations in the processes but the crux of the problems solved is very similar. If these solutions are exchanged it would enable faster resolutions and cost saving. Even process variations will be adjusted to save cost.
Global IT outsourcing organizations have been making good use of this concept. They are in a unique situation to take advantage of this due to their exposure and access to legacy and newly created IP. Most of these companies offer some sort of solution portfolios that are a makeover of a knock off of projects they have done for their customers. There are some smaller boutique companies with solutions too, but they face a stiff resistance to sell into corporate world
It is high time for a vendor market place. These big ERP vendors should encourage organizations and individuals to develop solutions/applications on their platform that would seamlessly integrate with their products. These big ERP vendors can certify and approve these products for a fee. They can take a cut on the transaction if customers download and deploy these applications. This enable small player to get access to a big ERP market and open up sleuth of opportunities for innovation. It will accelerate the rate of innovation. (We may even end up getting a loveable UI for Oracle Tele service screens). This action will also give confidence to customers while deploying solutions from small organizations.
SFDC is innovating faster than many vendors with a similar approach. Organizations not adopting this strategy are leaving lots of money on the table to the secondary market. The community will innovate faster any corporate entity. The acceptance of applications in the cloud and loose coupling of applications using Service Oriented Architecture ( SOA) has considerably reduced the risk of experimenting with community innovation.
By not establishing a market place Oracle & SAP are not only doing a disservice to their customers but also undermining their own future dominance in the enterprise applications market.
--- SM Sridharam … Solution Architects @ Quadrobay
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