In the world of E/CTRM software much is changing and at a fair pace. Driven by a plethora of new business needs, massive shifts in technology, and changes in software procurement behavior, it is a software category that is ripe for a true paradigm shift. In...
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In the world of E/CTRM software much is changing and at a fair pace. Driven by a plethora of new business needs, massive shifts in technology, and changes in software procurement behavior, it is a software category that is ripe for a true paradigm shift. In a paper written a few years ago, Commodity Technology Advisory (ComTech) outlined a potential solution to some of the issues that have plagued buyers of E/CTRM software for decades.
In that paper, the authors proposed a different approach to architecting E/CTRM solutions – that is creating an ecosystem of software capabilities rather than relying on the monolithic applications that have, or invariably will, become increasingly expensive and difficult to deploy, update and maintain.
ComTech noted that such an approach was both technically feasible given the advent of cloud technologies and desirable as it helped solve the myriad of business issues buyers face today. Since then, business trends have continued to evolve in direct
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