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by Jeff Moad, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Monday, January 14, 2008 1:50:00 PM   | Keywords: | packaged applications, packaged apps, packaged applications strategy |
Although users of enterprise applications are poised to move into "one of the biggest upgrade cycles in a decade," most are not focused on designing a long-term strategy for evolving their packaged applications, according to a recent study from Forrester Research Inc. In a survey of software decision-makers in North America, 59% said upgrading packaged applications would be a priority or a critical priority over the next 12 months, but only 40% said designing a five- to 10-year packaged applications strategy would be a priority or critical priority over the same period. Developing a long-term applications strategy will be important because software decision-makers have important migration issues to navigate over the next few years, Forrester analyst Ray Wang said in the report. Applications deployed in the Y2K time frame are beginning to bump up against the seven- to 10-year life span of most packaged applications and will soon need to be upgraded or replaced, he said. The advent of applications built around service-oriented architectures (SOA) also is creating pressure to upgrade or migrate applications, as is interest among line-of-business managers in software-as-a-service offerings, Wang wrote. [Click to continue] |