For the digital enterprise making use of the best-in-breed applications is non-negotiable, and the number they are relying on is increasing. Workforces on average rely on 162 applications to stay productive, according to cloud identity and access management platform Okta's recent "Businesses @ Work" report. This is a departure from the traditional enterprise approach of stack simplicity; purchasing one integrated system from a big vendor like Microsoft, Oracle or SAP.
[...] To discuss the changing landscape, senior leaders from three of the most successful enterprise applications – communications platform Slack, cloud content management platform Box, and Okta itself – hosted a breakfast roundtable. They cautioned that while increased application volumes are improving enterprise productivity, they are also bringing fresh complexities.
[Source: https://techerati.com/features-hub/opinions/how-can-enterprises-avoid-app-overflow]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by SomeGuy on Saturday May 04 2019, @07:41PM
So, in other words, business needs change and different or custom applications are needed.
If every company were a cookie-cutter-clone of one another then yea, dropping in a big single Oracle or whatever management solution would be perfect for everyone, but it isn't. If every company were identical, then what would be the point of that company anyway?
The solution, of course, is to hire long term in-house IT experts to oversee, implement, and manage the different applications.
The TFA is full of bullshit and oddly makes several references to getting rid of e-mail.
Of course, what you have to listen to are actual business needs. The TFA makes it sort of sound like one should make "application" decisions directly based on what application the "workforce" wants. The best tool for the job may not be the cool new toy that everyone is drooling over.
So every business will have some custom tools/databases/applications for whatever makes that company unique. Each will come with a cost of development/licensing/maintaining. That does have to be managed, but it is also money well spent.
Sometimes I think the sort of people who are surprised at this might be surprised walking in to an auto shop and seeing they don't just use hammers. There are wrenches and screwdrivers and all sorts of other tools. And of those there are different sizes and brands, each for specific tasks that could not get done otherwise.