The Enterprise App Store And Self-Service IT: How SOA, Saas, And Mashups Will Thrive - Dion Hinchcliffe's Next-Generation Enterprises - 0 views
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Stephen Dale on 11 Jan 11The premise of an app store model for enterprises is simple: By removing the middleman, the famous bottleneck between the business and IT demand can be reduced in many cases. Application backlogs can shrink, consumption of internal and external IT resources will increase, and fierce competition to provide the best solutions to niches can greatly improve overall quality (the long tail of IT argument), all while reducing costs. At least, that's what is possible if we look at what's happening to the non-enterprise software market today.