According to a new report by Merrill Lynch, on-demand and service oriented architectures (SOA) will reshape the enterprise applications market. In the report, detailed here in this IndustryWeek article, Merrill Lynch says “the percentage of IT budgets allocated toward software on an average is estimated to increase from 30% this year to 35% in 2008, driven in part by software on demand and Web services.”

Merrill Lynch goes on to say that applications must be designed for the masses. We agree and believe Response Management, by its very nature, is an application for the masses. It is used today by hundreds and thousands of users in many organizations. This is just another reason we chose to embrace on-demand and Web Services technologies to further the adoption of Response Management capabilities by the masses. Doing so enables Response Management to support initiatives like lean manufacturing, demand management, supply chain agility, supply chain collaboration and supply chain visibility–which all help organizations become more responsive to change.

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