Thursday, July 15, 2010

Nexus 1

It seems to me that Decisions as a Service comes together at the intersection as a set of exciting technologies that are about to hit center stage:


  • Data as a Service.  New data sources are popping up all over the place, and access is becoming automated.  Gone are the days of loading your data warehouse with every morsel of data you can get your hands on.  In the new world, you reach out and get just the data that you need and when you need it.
  • Web delivery of applications.  The presentation of full featured applications through the web is all but mature.  There is almost no reason that any application couldn't be delivered through a browser interface.
  • Cloud computing.  I suppose it is fitting that the term cloud has been used for this nebulous concept.  I will take it to mean the execution of applications on a distributed platform the interface to which is essentially opaque to the user.  Amongst the benefits of this, in this context, are that resources become shared (i.e. cheap) and the distributed nature virtually guarantees universal accessibility.
Combining these technologies with a powerful decisioning system will results in a platform that can deliver superior automated decisioning capabilities to businesses.  This platform has the following features:
  1. Decisioning power on demand, tailored to each business' cycle,
  2. Instant and transparent access to data that is critical to making informed and competitive decisions, and
  3. Very low entry barrier to sophisticated decisioning.
Nirvana.

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