Two announcements from ISVs caught my eye in the last week.

Firstly UK based Sage announced Sage 50 Online. Excitedly I wondered "wow - is this a full-on SAAS application rearchitected explicitly for multi tenancy and the efficiencies of scale?". Alas - it does not appear to be. The clue is over at http://www.sage.co.uk/welcome/sage50online.aspx which describes how to install the ICA Client from Citrix to be able to use Sage 50 Online. Same old application? Probably - and with that comes good and bad news IMHO (more on that in a later blog). Also spotted the Business Two Zero blog had some comment on the announcement.

Secondly SAP discussed A1S - "an 'entirely new product'".I have no idea if it is entirely a new product developed for "on demand" delivery - but they are making the right noises. I will see what I can find out and report back.