Man, that is one audacious blog title. But I’m going to roll with it. What is the future of software in business?

I won’t pretend to try and definite it here, but one thing is for sure. Classic software vendors are having to redefine their business model due to cloud computing.

Google Docs are free. There is no enterprise suite subscription or upgrade option. For a company that relies on advertising, they are able to provide solutions free to both consumers and businesses. Service-oriented architecture is now easy to come by and even easier to use. With an intuitive user-interface, SOA is not only user friendly but also cost effective. It is the unequivocal future of software.

Web 2.0 pure play companies have come to grips with the value of cloud computing and offer the enterprise light weight, web-based solutions. But what will really be interesting to watch is how classic software vendors adopt these tools into their existing platform, as well as the strategy implemented as they go to market.

You can’t change horses in the middle of the race, but the change is inevitable.