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Software Plus Services and BizTalk

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Good post by Steve Clayton in the UK including a link to a useful white paper on the subject. I have read the David Chappell paper and it's a really good summary for Microsoft partners to start de-mystifying S+S:

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I haven't talked directly about Software plus Services for a little while and given it's my day job, I thought I should get back to it.

More and more of the Microsoft S+S story will come out over the course of this year and as you would expect, events like MIX08, Partner Conference and PDC08 will be key events. In the meantime though, the terminology, concept and strategy is appearing in more places. The most recent I have come across is on the Biztalk site where you will find a pretty good whitepaper on the topic:

wordSoftware + Services in the Microsoft World: A Technology Overview for IT Decision Makers

It's written by David Chappell and does a good job of clearing some of the infosmog around Software plus Services, Saas and Web 2.0 In particular it helps explains that Software plus Services is actually Software + Software but that some of that software is running as a services.

Both desktop software and on-premises server software can also access functionality implemented by server software run at some service provider. This functionality is what’s meant by the second “S” in S+S: software functions provided as services.

Services is an overused word in the IT field so it makes sense to clarify it up front when talking about this topic I find.

Unsurprisingly, Chappell uses Exchange as a great example of S+S and the choices it affords customers and then discusses why S+S may make sense based on lower costs, faster deployment and less financial risk. That is weighed against concerns around trust, integration, regulatory compliance and other topics.

The Biztalk example is a great one and I use it often. The scenario I paint is a small tea trader in Sri Lanka wanting to trade with large retailer (Wal-Mart). They don’t have IT expertise in the field in Sri Lanka (literally) but can buy a service that lives in the cloud that they don’t necessarily want or need to pay for on-premise. EDI for the masses I guess. Not rocket science but the story seems to go down well. Maybe it’s just the UK fixation with tea though :)

Overall a think the paper is a great primer on S+S and at 22 page a reasonably succinct one. Grab it now

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https://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/archive/2008/02/07/software-plus-services-and-biztalk.aspx

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