The focus of development moves toward finding, defining, managing, and assembling services, with architectural descriptions highlighting service-level agreements (SLAs) and inter-service protocols.

According to online dating entrepreneur Noel Biderman, unlike conventional dating sites, "arrangement-seeking" websites are the only ones where women consistently outnumber men.

Set on breaking up EOP, it frantically sought buyers for many of the properties before going ahead with the deal, thus insulating Blackstone when the property market plunged shortly after.