Consume Software + Services (S+S)

This section turns the question around and looks at S+S from the perspective of the consumer of software and services. Questions that will be covered in these sections are: How can IT departments benefit from adding S+S applications to their portfolio of services? What are the implications of adding externally hosted applications to an enterprise-computing environment? What will an enterprise have to do to get ready for S+S?

S+S: An Enterprise Perspective S+S: An Enterprise Perspective

This papers looks at S+S from the enterprise perspective. Readers will understand why enterprises would do well to consider the flexibility and risk-management implications of adding S+S to their portfolios of IT services.

Enterprise Web 2.0 Application on the Microsoft Platform Enterprise Web 2.0 Application on the Microsoft Platform

After Tim O’Reilly’s article "What is Web 2.0" in 2005, there has been considerable buzz around Web 2.0 technologies and the companies that use them. In this session, Nick Wong will discuss how current Microsoft platform technologies such as AJAX for ASP.NET, SharePoint Server 2007 and WCF can be used to turn Web 2.0 buzz into a practical corporate Web 2.0 architecture.

Implications of Software + Services Consumption for Enterprise IT Implications of Software + Services Consumption for Enterprise IT

Many articles in this issue use the term Software + Services (S+S) when referring to client (desktop, browser and device) and server based applications which consume one or more Internet (cloud) services. While this model shares some characteristics with Software as a Service (SaaS) the differences are significant for Enterprise IT.


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Microsoft Office as a Platform for Software + Services

The vision of Software + Services (S+S) is to create application architectures that maximally leverage edge resources -the resources of client devices- to provide end users with rich, intuitive experiences. Microsoft Office with its well-understood interface, rich service set, and established business user base, is a natural foundation for creating S+S business applications.

An Overview of Software as a Service in Retail

One of the emerging trends in the technology space is something known as Software as a Service (SaaS). This paper provides an overview of different architectures, their pros and cons, and the key technologies that are reinventing the centralized architecture now known as Software as a Service.

A Planet Ruled by Software Architectures

How can you effectively communicate Software plus Services (S+S) within my organization?

Online Services Help Simplify Software Inventory

Meeting the needs of business both large and small is one of the driving influences behind the concept of software as a service (SaaS). The Microsoft "Software plus Services" strategy encompasses efforts to develop service-based solutions to assist customers in managing software assets effectively. One of the first of these services, Microsoft Asset Inventory Service, is being released to Software Assurance customers as part of the Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance.

A walkthrough toward SOA and S+S

An up-to-date journey towards ESB, SOA and S+S using Microsoft technologies in the SOA space.

Duet: An Enterprise S+S Offering from Microsoft and SAP

This session will focus on the architecture of Duet - a software solution that enables you to access SAP enterprise services from within the familiar Microsoft Office environment.

MSDN Unwrapped for Financial Services: Software as a Service in the Insurance Industry

In this webcast, we discuss how the most influential future technologies in the insurance industry will enable applications to serve as participants in a broader communication fabric, improving collaboration between many roles and professions. We describe how new user experiences, in the form of better, more flexibly deployed client applications, will consume available applications as components and services.

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