The end of SAP as we know it?

I recently was on the judging panel of this year's IT Innovation awards. I was struck by how quickly software as a service is being adopted by small and medium sized enterpises! (Can't go it the exact examples much for now - until after the awards themselves).

So perhaps I'm especially tuned into articles such as this....
» IPO candidate NetSuite fires a shot at SAP | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

It seems very obvious to me that core functionality in the future will come from services usch as this. Businesses will benefit from It in the way they bolt of unique functionality arround these core services.

Of course big-corporate-IT will probably deny that this is likley to impact them.......but it will. A few more data points will give an idea of exactly when.

Worth watching!