Major trends of enterprise software 2007

Oracle VN forecasts that this year will witness the maturity of specialized IT tools such as software services, grid computing, decision-making support systems, human resource management solutions . Not only big businesses but also small and medium will need them.

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) and open standards will be particularly prominent in the enterprise's increasing IT (IT) investment portfolio. As companies in the Asia-Pacific region are under pressure from competitive challenges and increasing customer base, they will pay more attention to implementing SOA as a difference in performance. his business. Thanks to this architecture, companies with highly flexible and adaptable IT infrastructure will be more responsive in business, while reducing management costs.

Companies of different sizes will continue to find ways to reduce costs for IT infrastructure in business operations. Grid computing, with a parallel system running Real Application Clusters, integrated technology, application software with specialized functions and compatible business processes . will significantly support cost reduction in Application execution and management.

Ensuring updated, complete and accurate information for business will be a decisive factor. Therefore, the decision support system (BI - Business Intelligence) continues to be a priority for IT managers (CIO). A survey by consulting firm Gartner conducted in early 2006 with 1,400 CIOs ranked "business information" as the No. 1 technology priority.

So far, BI has always been considered post-analysis, like reporting and querying applications. The next wave of BI will be that it is more widely used in businesses during the expansion process, in order to obtain strategic, up-to-date information. Companies will get a more complete and timely business vision. At the same time, they will also coordinate activities and processes more effectively, through the combination of databases with analytical applications, as well as the introduction of BI tools in the business process. joint.

Another remarkable trend this year will be the acceptance and growing demand for 'software in service form' (SaS). This is the term that describes the next form of software provision, deployment, and administration. In fact, more and more companies in Asia - Pacific in particular and the world in general recognize the value of software as a service. They want their key IT experts to no longer worry about "taking care" of software, but focusing on activities that bring high profit value.

With the hiring of professional external service providers to manage key components in the infrastructure system, enterprises reduce IT costs, clearly identify the monthly budget for this field and at the same time enhance the reliability, availability, scalability and security of internal IT systems.