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get to in terms of their vision and create
an upgrade path or transition plan to get
them to where they need to be, using the
technologies and augmenting them.
This does not overcome the fact of having
multiple siloed products and it certainly does
increase the need for interoperability and
integration. It’s a bit like sticking a plaster
over a wound – it will do the job but it’s not
the best way to move forward.
Another option is the blank piece of paper
approach – to really sit down and look at what
the business needs today and tomorrow.
One of the great strengths regarding a
platform is that you can start deploying it at
the next opportunity, whatever that may be.
That may be an anniversary for a technology
you have in place, it may be the need for an
upgrade path, it may be a new requirement
or to implement that platform today.
Over time, you will have new requirements
or new anniversaries and renewals. And
you can take the decision at that time to
bring that technology from the silo into the
platform. As you increase the capabilities,
you’re actually also increasing your
operational efficiency and reducing the
strain on your internal resources. And you’re
also reducing the strain on your budget,
because cost efficiencies also come hand in
hand with operational efficiencies.
The blank piece of paper approach is a
little bit harder. It takes a little bit more
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