Abstract: A tool for evaluating support services may correlate those services with an array of factors that define a business environment and then identify the business services that are most directly correlated to those factors. In exemplary embodiments, a tool may prompt a user for input concerning business issues and objectives; correlate those issues and objectives to a plurality of available software support services such as maintenance, optimization, architecture planning, implementation, administration and systems integration services; select the services that most directly address the particular needs and objectives identified by the user; and calculate a return on investment (ROI) associated with satisfaction of identified business objectives through implementation of the selected support services.

Abstract: Techniques for providing software as a service for enterprise entities are described herein. In one embodiment, a first interface is provided to allow a client to browse over a network a plurality of standard content to be selected to use in one or more software applications used by the client, where the standard content is listed in one or more catalog and each catalog corresponding to a particular industrial usage. A second interface is provided to allow the client to subscribe a service of one or more specific categories selected from the standard content available via the first interface for a predetermined period of time, wherein during the predetermined period of time, the client can select one or more standard content from the subscribed categories and deploy the selected standard content in a system of the client without additional cost. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Abstract: Techniques for providing an integrated content marketplace for software content services are described herein. According to one embodiment, multiple categories of application content are displayed, each category including content items to be browsed and each of the content items selectable to be deployed in an enterprise application. In response to a search request for searching a content item, the categories are searched based on one or more keywords and a search result is displayed. In response to a demand from a user, a request form is presented to allow a user to specify one or more requirements of a specific content item not available from the categories, where the specific content item is to be developed specifically tailored to a specific need of the user. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Abstract: Techniques for providing software as a service for enterprise entities are described herein. In one embodiment, a first interface is provided to allow a client to browse over a network a plurality of standard content to be selected to use in one or more software applications used by the client, where the standard content is listed in one or more catalog and each catalog corresponding to a particular industrial usage. A second interface is provided to allow the client to subscribe a service of one or more specific categories selected from the standard content available via the first interface for a predetermined period of time, wherein during the predetermined period of time, the client can select one or more standard content from the subscribed categories and deploy the selected standard content in a system of the client without additional cost. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Abstract: A system and method for requirements-based application configuration. According to an embodiment of the invention, a configuration server provides a user interface to assess one or more requirements for an application based on a set of pre-defined application requirements, generates a configuration proposal based on the one or more assessed requirements, the configuration proposal specifying a subset of the set of pre-defined application requirements correlating with the one or more assessed requirements, stores the one or more assessed requirements in the data store, and generates one or more application configuration components correlating with the specified subset of pre-defined application requirements to implement the application in accordance with the one or more assessed requirements.

Abstract: A tool for evaluating support services may correlate those services with an array of factors that define a business environment and then identify the business services that are most directly correlated to those factors. In exemplary embodiments, a tool may prompt a user for input concerning business issues and objectives; correlate those issues and objectives to a plurality of available software support services such as maintenance, optimization, architecture planning, implementation, administration and systems integration services; select the services that most directly address the particular needs and objectives identified by the user; and calculate a return on investment (ROI) associated with satisfaction of identified business objectives through implementation of the selected support services.