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The definition I like is: "Enterprise software is the one that once unavailable, the company is unable to run its core business."
by rodolphoarruda 7y ago
The definition I like is: "Enterprise software is the one that once unavailable, the company is unable to run its core business."
- mongol 7y agoThat is a good definition.
- teddyh 7y ago“If it’s a core business function — do it yourself, no matter what.” — Joel Spolsky, In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome, 2001: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/14/in-defense-of-not-invented-here-syndrome/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/10/14/in-defense-of-not-...
- lliamander 7y agoI don't think he means software that is necessary for the business, I think he means if it specifically enables a profit-generating function in a business. If you're FedEx, you don't buy someone else's logistics software package, you build your own.