The Great Cloud Race is on!
March 1, 2012
In the mid-20th century, the world was watching as the space race evolved between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Space supremacy was at stake. Now in the 21st century, there is a new race and this time it is for the cloud. Oleg Shilovitsky, in PDM/PLM Evolution: Final Step and Cloud/On-Premise Integration, takes a look at how technology companies are competing for cloud supremacy by “actively acquiring all possible and impossible cloud assets.”
PLM heavy weights Oracle, SAP and Dassault are slugging it out. SAP acquired SuccessFactors, which is “a cloud-based human resources application” company late last year. Then, Oracle acquired Taleo which “has more than 5,000 customers, including nearly half of the Fortune 100.” Not to be outdone, Dassault acquire Netvibe which creates “personalized RSS and social media feed dashboards” All this shake-up is a direct result of the cloud and Shilovitsky says that:
“What is interesting to me is how vendors are going to support this “cloud transition”. Companies clearly won’t be able to move all in a single shot. So, we can expect a long time when cloud and on-premises application will co-exist.”
It seems that the great cloud race is in full gear and the competition is getting stiffer. However, big companies are not the only ones contending. Smaller companies like Inforbix need to be watched as well. They are creating innovative and incredible cloud based solutions that help companies find, reuse and share product data. The little guys are going to have a say in this race before it is all said and done!
Jennifer Wensink, March 1, 2012
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