Lukas Svoboda: Strategy, Architecture, Governance & Technology

Over on ARCast NZ, I've just published a podcast with Gianpaolo Carraro on Software plus Services from an Architecture perspective. The talk covers the following topics plus more:

• What is the difference between "Software plus Services" and "Software as a Service"
• Explore the different audiences of S+S/SaaS: Builders, Hosters and Enterprise Consumers
• Explore the focus of many SaaS providers around purely being web based applications
• How Microsoft technologies aid S+S initiatives
• The significance of SOA to S+S/SaaS

Gianpaolo is the director of Architecture Strategy at Microsoft and focuses on thought leadership and best practices around various architectural trends such as SaaS/S+S and SOA.