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	May 7, 2007 (updated July 24, 2007) Solutions-Centric Ecosystems Disrupt The Enterprise Software World Order Solution Providers With The Strongest Digital Business Networks Will Win by R "Ray" Wang with Eric G. Brown, Navi Radjou, John R. Rymer, Bobby Cameron, Emily Van Metre	Average: 9  (5 ratings)

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Executive Summary

A maturing software market with finite resources drives intense competition to design solutions for an increasing number of ever-narrowing market segments, industry verticals, and process categories. Partner ecosystems are essential for enterprise software vendors to extend a vendor's product portfolio, fill white space in solution road maps, and augment and expand the execution team. These ecosystems increasingly specialize and rely on the intellectual property (IP) Innovation Networks of partners, suppliers, Financiers, Inventors, Transformers, and Brokers. As software vendors and system integrators expand into new markets, they will form solutions-centric ecosystems to enable exclusive, complementary, and "co-opetive" relationships. Technology strategy professionals must determine how to thrive in this era of solutions-centric ecosystems.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Intense Competition Drives Demand For Solutions-Centric Ecosystems
• Solutions-Centric Ecosystems Disrupt Today's Division Of Labor
• The New Software World Order Revolves Around Solutions-Centric Ecosystems

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Technology Strategists: Build Your Solutions-Centric Ecosystems With Care
• CIOs: Select Your Solutions-Centric Ecosystems Based On Depth And Breadth

WHAT IT MEANS

• Ownership Of The Customer Shifts To New Players
• Supplemental Material
• Related Research Documents

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