Summary :
Just as the Internet was responsible for the last explosion of growth in the software industry in the past decade, it is now laying the groundwork for dramatic change that will sweep across the industry in the coming years.
To shed light on the nature and extent of these changes and how they will affect the industry, Accenture recently conducted comprehensive research involving software company executives, venture capitalists, CIOs and other technology leaders in major corporations, and Accenture’s own experts.
We believe our findings and analyses will provide software company executives with valuable insights that they can use as they shape their strategies for achieving high performance and market leadership in the dynamic and uncertain years to come.
Background :
Accenture interviewed 30 industry leaders for this research: CEOs, board members, and other senior executives at enterprise software companies, large and small, as well as venture capitalists and other private equity actors in the space. Our team also surveyed 25 chief information officers across industries in North America, for their perspective on evolving soft-ware trends.
Economic analysis was based on a compilation of 5 years of market and company data across all enterprise software segments, for over 300 public soft-ware companies. Finally, our research leveraged Accenture's deep business and technology expertise in areas as diverse as Mergers and Acquisitions, Service Oriented Architectures, Next Generation IT Delivery Models, etc.
Analysis :
This Executive Summary is the first chapter of a paper entitled: How Software Companies Can Achieve High Performance in an Era of Disruptive Change and Uncertainty. This paper explores in greater detail the information presented in this Executive Summary. Below is a brief synopsis of the additional chapters found in this paper.
* "The Metamorphosis of Enterprise Software" explores how the Internet is Driving the March of Change (this executive summary).
* "Perfecting a Disruptor: The Reinvention of Software-as-a-service" assesses the impact of Saas on enterprise software, and outlines keys to success for Saas providers.
* "Consolidation in the Enterprise Software Sector: Gateway to Growth or Path to Pitfalls" takes the perspective of those vendors seeking to consolidate their segment.
* "Orchestrating the Future of Enterprise Software: Growth and Controlled Disruption" addresses the opportunity a few vendors have to accelerate growth and co-opt disruption in the market via a platform strategy.
* "Avoiding the Perfect Storm" pro-vides insight into how to recognize and avoid a scenario many traditional "best of breed" vendors may face eventually where they must simultaneously compete with aggressive mega-vendors and fend off disruptors.
Just as the Internet was responsible for the last explosion of growth in the software industry in the past decade, it is now laying the groundwork for dramatic change that will sweep across the industry in the coming years.
To shed light on the nature and extent of these changes and how they will affect the industry, Accenture recently conducted comprehensive research involving software company executives, venture capitalists, CIOs and other technology leaders in major corporations, and Accenture’s own experts.
We believe our findings and analyses will provide software company executives with valuable insights that they can use as they shape their strategies for achieving high performance and market leadership in the dynamic and uncertain years to come.
Background :
Accenture interviewed 30 industry leaders for this research: CEOs, board members, and other senior executives at enterprise software companies, large and small, as well as venture capitalists and other private equity actors in the space. Our team also surveyed 25 chief information officers across industries in North America, for their perspective on evolving soft-ware trends.
Economic analysis was based on a compilation of 5 years of market and company data across all enterprise software segments, for over 300 public soft-ware companies. Finally, our research leveraged Accenture's deep business and technology expertise in areas as diverse as Mergers and Acquisitions, Service Oriented Architectures, Next Generation IT Delivery Models, etc.
Analysis :
This Executive Summary is the first chapter of a paper entitled: How Software Companies Can Achieve High Performance in an Era of Disruptive Change and Uncertainty. This paper explores in greater detail the information presented in this Executive Summary. Below is a brief synopsis of the additional chapters found in this paper.
* "The Metamorphosis of Enterprise Software" explores how the Internet is Driving the March of Change (this executive summary).
* "Perfecting a Disruptor: The Reinvention of Software-as-a-service" assesses the impact of Saas on enterprise software, and outlines keys to success for Saas providers.
* "Consolidation in the Enterprise Software Sector: Gateway to Growth or Path to Pitfalls" takes the perspective of those vendors seeking to consolidate their segment.
* "Orchestrating the Future of Enterprise Software: Growth and Controlled Disruption" addresses the opportunity a few vendors have to accelerate growth and co-opt disruption in the market via a platform strategy.
* "Avoiding the Perfect Storm" pro-vides insight into how to recognize and avoid a scenario many traditional "best of breed" vendors may face eventually where they must simultaneously compete with aggressive mega-vendors and fend off disruptors.
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