{"id":121,"date":"2018-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sageamptesting.wpengine.com\/en-au\/blog\/?p=121"},"modified":"2026-02-10T21:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:58:54","slug":"why-an-ecosystem-platform-is-critical-to-business-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/why-an-ecosystem-platform-is-critical-to-business-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Why an ecosystem platform is critical to business growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/category\/technology-innovation\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Technology &amp; Innovation<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy an ecosystem platform is critical to business growth\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \">Published <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2018-06-21T00:00:00+10:00\">June 21, 2018<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"Why an ecosystem platform is critical to business growth\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/why-an-ecosystem-platform-is-critical-to-business-growth\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/author\/bruceminty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/Bruce-Minty-1-350x350.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/Bruce-Minty-1-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/Bruce-Minty-1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Bruce Minty<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>As organisations increasingly adopt cloud platforms, a new kind of connected business is emerging that\u2019s more agile, integrated, and automated.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Siloed data, cumbersome legacy platforms that lack integration, and costly hardware are some of the IT challenges that plagued businesses in the pre-cloud era. With more organisations increasingly adopting cloud platforms, these challenges are disappearing, replaced by the opportunity to become more connected, efficient, and future-proof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Driving this change is a new breed of cloud platform \u2013 the ecosystem platform. Unlike traditional cloud platforms that provide a single business solution, an ecosystem platform can provide businesses with a highly-integrated ecosystem of solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-imperative-to-embrace-the-ecosystem-platform\"><strong>The imperative to embrace the ecosystem platform<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark class=\"highlight-and-share\">With growth and digital transformation being the top business priorities for CIOs of midsize enterprises <\/mark><sup data-fn=\"5794eee1-fa6b-4f2d-bfe3-fdb28afa2cad\" class=\"fn\"><a id=\"5794eee1-fa6b-4f2d-bfe3-fdb28afa2cad-link\" href=\"#5794eee1-fa6b-4f2d-bfe3-fdb28afa2cad\">1<\/a><\/sup><mark class=\"highlight-and-share\">, ecosystem platforms are now key to achieving sustainable business growth, according to Gartner.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs part of an overarching digital business technology platform, MSEs (midsize enterprises) should build an ecosystem platform to strengthen their competitiveness and enable sustainable business growth,\u201d says vice president at Gartner, Luis Anavitarte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy focusing on the ecosystem platform, you can build the digital business technology platforms over time as your digital business expands \u2014 and may even find that they are not all needed.\u201d<sup data-fn=\"e742f496-6d7e-4a97-998c-257c604936d4\" class=\"fn\"><a id=\"e742f496-6d7e-4a97-998c-257c604936d4-link\" href=\"#e742f496-6d7e-4a97-998c-257c604936d4\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kerry Agiasotis, Sage Asia-Pacific executive vice-president, says with the rapid adoption of cloud technologies driving unprecedented change to business models and where business are increasingly being valued on the strength of their ecosystems, it\u2019s now imperative for businesses to embrace platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverything in our lives is becoming interconnected. In a business sense, these connections include integrating software with suppliers and customers to drive speed and efficiencies and to benefit from the advantages of platform ecosystems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cProactive innovation is all about getting into the driver seat of change and not being a passenger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta gated-content\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner on-scroll-highlight__target\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">CFO 3.0 \u2013 Digital Transformation beyond Financial Management<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Download our whitepaper to learn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The key trends driving the digitalisation of the finance industry<\/li>\n<li>How and why the role of the CFO is changing<\/li>\n<li>Why the CFO is key to driving digital transformation<\/li>\n<li>How Millennials are influencing adoption of new technology<\/li>\n<li>What keeps CFOs up at night \u2013 the 5 roadblocks to digital transformation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"#gate-9705cb3b-5312-41c8-881a-67c05a42aecc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"single-cta__button button button--primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Download Whitepaper<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1064\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/resize-1675x1275-109-1064x810.jpg\" class=\"single-cta__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/resize-1675x1275-109-1064x810.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 33vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-seizing-the-ecosystem-platform-opportunity\"><strong>Seizing the ecosystem platform opportunity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adoption of a digital platform, Gartner says, will shape an organisation&#8217;s strategic thinking around the concept of platforms, helping employees share best practices, achieve operational and strategic innovation, achieve rapid prototyping, and bring new business capabilities to market faster.<sup data-fn=\"aa36606d-0081-4e2a-a040-f50c7f98014d\" class=\"fn\"><a id=\"aa36606d-0081-4e2a-a040-f50c7f98014d-link\" href=\"#aa36606d-0081-4e2a-a040-f50c7f98014d\">3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Kerry Agiasotis, the right ecosystem platform can help businesses become a more agile, integrated and automated \u2018connected business\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey help drive efficiencies across multiple business functions, are more affordable, and easier to implement,\u201d says Agiasotis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A market leader in cloud business management solutions, Sage last year launched Sage Business Cloud. Built on the Salesforce platform, Sage Business Cloud combines a broad range of Sage cloud products with the Salesforce app marketplace \u2013 allowing enterprises to build out their ecosystem on a single, seamlessly integrated, and scalable platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With platforms like Sage Business Cloud, businesses small and large can now take advantage of the connected business environment that\u2019s opening doors for players in many industries, including manufacturing, finance, healthcare, telco, utilities, and transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCloud brings new levels of technology affordability to businesses, especially smaller businesses. They no longer need to buy expensive hardware knowing it will be underutilised. The software is available on-demand to be consumed in a similar way to utilities such as electricity or water. Essentially, connected businesses can do more with less resources and they can do it faster,\u201d says Agiasotis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are going through one of the most important times in history. As technologists, we have the opportunity to go far beyond where we traditionally played and move towards optimisation and automation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta gated-content\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner on-scroll-highlight__target\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">CFO 3.0 \u2013 Digital Transformation beyond Financial Management<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Download our whitepaper to learn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The key trends driving the digitalisation of the finance industry<\/li>\n<li>How and why the role of the CFO is changing<\/li>\n<li>Why the CFO is key to driving digital transformation<\/li>\n<li>How Millennials are influencing adoption of new technology<\/li>\n<li>What keeps CFOs up at night \u2013 the 5 roadblocks to digital transformation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"#gate-9705cb3b-5312-41c8-881a-67c05a42aecc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"single-cta__button button button--primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Download Whitepaper<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1064\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/resize-1675x1275-109-1064x810.jpg\" class=\"single-cta__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/resize-1675x1275-109-1064x810.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 33vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"5794eee1-fa6b-4f2d-bfe3-fdb28afa2cad\">&ldquo;Gartner 2018 CIO Agenda Survey&rdquo;, Gartner, 2018 <a href=\"#5794eee1-fa6b-4f2d-bfe3-fdb28afa2cad-link\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&#8617;<\/span> Jump to footnote reference 1<\/a><\/li><li id=\"e742f496-6d7e-4a97-998c-257c604936d4\">&ldquo;Gartner Says Sustainable Business Growth in Midsize Organisations Will Be Built on an Ecosystem Platform&rdquo;, Gartner, 2018 <a href=\"#e742f496-6d7e-4a97-998c-257c604936d4-link\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&#8617;<\/span> Jump to footnote reference 2<\/a><\/li><li id=\"aa36606d-0081-4e2a-a040-f50c7f98014d\">&nbsp;&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2018-05-07-gartner-says-sustainable-business-growth-in-midsize-organizations-will-be-built-on-an-ecosystem-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gartner Says Sustainable Business Growth in Midsize Organisations Will Be Built on an Ecosystem Platform<\/a>&rdquo;, Gartner, 2018 <a href=\"#aa36606d-0081-4e2a-a040-f50c7f98014d-link\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">&#8617;<\/span> Jump to footnote 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Siloed data, cumbersome legacy platforms that lack integration, and costly hardware are some of the IT challenges that plagued businesses in the pre-cloud era. With more organisations increasingly adopting cloud platforms, these challenges are disappearing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sage_video":false,"post_featured_image_hide":false,"sage_hide_published_date":false,"sage_hide_read_time":false,"sage_hide_share_buttons":false,"_pwl_sage_podcast_buzzsprout_src":"","footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"\u201cGartner 2018 CIO Agenda Survey\u201d, Gartner, 2018\",\"id\":\"5794eee1-fa6b-4f2d-bfe3-fdb28afa2cad\"},{\"content\":\"\u201cGartner Says Sustainable Business Growth in Midsize Organisations Will Be Built on an Ecosystem Platform\u201d, Gartner, 2018\",\"id\":\"e742f496-6d7e-4a97-998c-257c604936d4\"},{\"content\":\"\u00a0\u201c<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2018-05-07-gartner-says-sustainable-business-growth-in-midsize-organizations-will-be-built-on-an-ecosystem-platform\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">Gartner Says Sustainable Business Growth in Midsize Organisations Will Be Built on an Ecosystem Platform<\/a>\u201d, Gartner, 2018\",\"id\":\"aa36606d-0081-4e2a-a040-f50c7f98014d\"}]"},"categories":[76,92],"tags":[138,139,228,156],"business_type":[9],"context":[],"industry":[],"persona":[104,106,101,103],"imagine_tag":[59,69,42,61,66,54,43],"coauthors":[278],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology-innovation","category-today","tag-business-management","tag-business-strategy","tag-enterprise-management","tag-erp","business_type-medium-sized-business"],"sage_meta":{"region":"en-au","author_name":"Bruce Minty","featured_image":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/01\/GettyImages-1022278690.jpg","imagine_tags":{"59":"Business intelligence","69":"Business management","42":"Enterprise business","61":"Enterprise management solution","66":"ERP","54":"Grow your business","43":"Technology and Innovation"}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Sage Advice Australia","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"business_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/business_type?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"context","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/context?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"persona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/persona?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"imagine_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/imagine_tag?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/api\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}