The Cloud Suits E-Business Needs

Modern e-business applications, like CRM and e-procurement are built on a collaborative model - collaboration with suppliers, customers and others. Even ERP is shifting to a SAAS environment in the cloud, at least partly for collaborative purposes.

The cloud fits well with collaboration, which essentially involves a system of shared processes. What better way to share processes than to place them in the cloud, where access is more open and can be more easily built to recognize the needs of collaborators.

This means that e-business applications are in the forefront of applications moving to the cloud.

This linked article expands on this point and also provides a podcast of a panel discussion among several experts in the field.