Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Low Cost Enterprise Software???

While reading "Simply Fly" by Captain Gopinath, there is one idea which flashed through my mind. When Airlines started in India, it was very much considered as a high-end service. Only the rich could afford it. For the middle class, it was a pure luxury. Captain Gopinath changed the complete landscape with introduction of a LCC called as "Air Deccan" & suddenly flying became a daily affair for the middle class.

Similarly, in today's world the enterprise software is seen as a very high cost product. Only the Large Enterprises could afford it. For medium to small size companies, it's still a pure luxury. Yes, there are quite a few vendors who sell small pieces of software, but again those pieces don't really integrate well with each other in long run. I am yet to see any company who is getting out into market with a mindset to make these enterprise software available at a very affordable price. I know there are these "Cloud Vendors" who sell software as a service, still I don't believe their pricing is something which is "easily affordable". Hence I see an opportunity to create a "Low Cost Enterprise Software" Business!!!

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