Bruce Richardson writes about what he believes will be 2006 themes in enterprise software.
1. More consolidation
2. Microsoft Office 12
3. The Google economy
4. Collaborative trading apps
5. SOA - not ready from prime time in 2006
Pretty blase outlook for someone who is generally positive on this market sector.
No mention of Oracle Fusion, SaaS, Open source, Web 2.0 integration with enterprise apps.
Sounds like he needs a trip west to get him more excited. AMR has an event in January in the Bay area. A little time away from the Boston snow and on the golf course will get this cheerleader for the sector back in the saddle.
