Cloud solutions require insightful data. Comparing on price alone leads to trouble quickly. Cheap solutions may not be the best fit strategically or have the right level of performance. Throughout this book, the economic impact has been mentioned as a requirement, but it is not the only requirement. In many places throughout the platform, a red number is shown. This number is a normalized number that takes pricing data and performance data and runs a calculation that normalizes the data and presents a consistent and dependable number that allows the viewer to compare the several performance and pricing metrics for solution and solution component decisions:
- In the upper-right corner of the Compare window, there is a drop-down ...
