From time to time, it's useful to step back and ponder the imponderable, what the macro trends in the IT products and services marketplace look like. Our travels permit some insights:

We think the use of software to solve problems has been evolutionary, that initially it was nearly completely technology-driven: we were limited to what could be done with the early architectures so we defined (and redefined) problems around those constraints. As the technology matured, the range of problems to which it could be applied grew.