ASP Book Reviews Business Case Studies Certification CRM Desktops Dir. MEF includes a Web navigation subsystem and a Service Factory, which lets developers plug in new pieces of business logic to the base Web app. Eggleston says MEF allows the company to reduce project time by 20 percent.
Customers get their apps faster.
And Momentum Software is able to bid more competitively. Scott Campbell, VP of service delivery at Momentum Software, says he expects the company to develop additional MEF-like frameworks, potentially covering such areas as wireless technology. As for the original MEF, Eggleston says the company is considering making it an open-source product. Xuma, on the other hand, not only charges for software products, but also has made software its main business. Jamie Lerner, Xuma's chief technology officer, says he expects the company to eventually generate 70 percent of its revenue from software sales and hosting.