So, it is clear to many software organizations in the marketplace that modern strategies must be implemented to meet the new on demand business environment. What is also clear is that all software vendors alike must learn to co-operate and partner together for the benefit and profit of all concerned. Communication and collaboration together with partnering will lead to many strategic and tactile benefits:
Maximizing customer value and satisfaction
Building new long-term revenue streams/profit models
Managing the market and expectations
Balancing short and long-term business flow
Reduced sales cyclesshorter time to contracts
Ensuring quality on-time delivery of products and services
Reducing business expenses and increasing profits
Reducing the risks to the customer
Penetrating new business markets
This list is compelling and makes good business sense. IBM's strategy focuses on the thousands of ISVs that are important to them either because they are key to a given brand or because they are important niche or local ISVs. The IBM strategy is to go after the broad spectrum of ISVs with a much stronger value proposition. There is a lot of energy now throughout IBM going into these efforts. IBM will aggressively seek out these ISVs and communicate the value to them of partnering with IBM. Then it is possible to go and make money together in the marketplace with autonomic computing. With partners, it is a good business to be in.