Summary

SaaS isn't disappearing -- it's becoming the system of record that agentic AI relies on to reason and to act. A reality check for CIOs and investors. Several years ago, I got to meet two really highly regarded consultants who were in demand for their expertise in web services. They made a bold prediction: Web services would enable higher-order business capabilities, while applications would recede into supporting infrastructure for those capabilities.

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