> Corporate IT has to get better and faster, or they will get marginalized by cloud hosted solutions that can move faster and deliver superior experiences at be

> Corporate IT has to get better and faster, or they will get marginalized by cloud hosted solutions that can move faster and deliver superior experiences at better cost. Who says the cloud-hosted solution isn't more expensive? Who says "experience" is the goal? A company cares about making money, and an internal browser-based app is simply a way to make money more efficiently. Often, the "corporate mindset" means cheap. If you don't need to worry about upgrading your browser, you don't need to blow money on developers just to keep up with cutting edge browser design and you can focus on developing technology that actually makes you more money. For example, if you had a system that involved scanning physical documents into an image repository, then having individual workers review and annotate every single document (using a browser-based app) and then manually make corresponding changes to the customer database. You are paid by an SLA-based contract based on the rate and number of images you are able to process in a billing period. Where would you rather invest your money? Keeping the crusty annotation browser-app up to date with the latest shiny new browser changes, or implementing OCR to increase the speed and efficiency you can process documents?