======================================================================== CTO SOURCE http://www.infoworld.com ======================================================================== Tuesday, November 30, 2004
TOP STORIES ======================================================================== * The shift to hosted everything * Is this the end of IT as we know it? * Titans of hosted services discuss the demand for on-demand * On-demand apps demand a richer browser * The return of hosted services ADVERTISEMENT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Reliable and Fast Content Management for Enterprise Applications Discover how today's leading application developers are quickly integrating content management solutions within their own products using proven web standards based technology. Learn how Blackboard, Oracle and SAS have leveraged the Xythos WebDAV platform to improve content collaboration for their customers - on budget and on schedule. Register for this seminar today. http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A318D6:2B910B2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The shift to hosted everything ======================================================================== Posted November 26, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time The first round of ASPs fell flat, but today's hosted offerings, led by Salesforce.com, are shaking up the software industry. Here's an up-close look at today's hottest trend. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A318D3:2B910B2 Is this the end of IT as we know it? ======================================================================== Posted November 26, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time Halsey Minor, CEO of hosted integration provider grand central Communications, has a powerful message for IT: "In four years, ... basically the whole notion of enterprise application software is going to be dead." He believes application functionality will instead be available as hosted, pay-per-use services delivered by companies such as Salesforce.com (Profile, Products, Articles). Putting his money where his mouth is, Minor has recently launched a $50 million venture capital fund with his own money to fuel on-demand startups. For its part, Grand Central will handle data and process integration between enterprises and multiple on-demand services. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A318D2:2B910B2 Titans of hosted services discuss the demand for on-demand ======================================================================== Posted November 26, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com (Profile, Products, Articles), elucidates his expectations for the hosted-app paradigm. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A318CD:2B910B2 On-demand apps demand a richer browser ======================================================================== Posted November 26, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time Can the browser meet the demands of on-demand? On-demand apps are by definition Web apps. That won't come as a shock to enterprises because most of the latest internally deployed enterprise apps -- besides a few client/server holdouts -- already rely on the browser to deliver user experience. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A318CE:2B910B2 The return of hosted services ======================================================================== Posted November 26, 2004, 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time Remember ASPs? Application service providers -- essentially rented applications delivered and managed via the Net -- were the Next Big Thing four or five years ago. I remember those days well. Back then, I was leading editorial efforts at CNET.com, headed by the charismatic and mercurial Halsey Minor. Minor was on a mission: He believed that the ASP model would overwhelm the conventional boxed-software approach of the day, and he decreed that CNET would cover this market in excruciating detail. For the full story: http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=A318D1:2B910B2 ======================================================================== Now the InfoWorld Test Center reports to you It's like having your own multimillion dollar IT test facility, with lab reports in your inbox each Monday. The weekly "Test Center Report" newsletter delivers product and technology evaluations, trend analysis, and advice from the legendary InfoWorld Test Center. It will save you lots of time - and maybe money, too. But it's free, fast, and easy to subscribe. 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