So Where's the Good News?
The next chapter discusses the low-cost labor trap of traditional solutions. As it turns out, though, even if you could drastically reduce the financial impact of labor-intensive tasks, it wouldn't address the more crucial cost issues associated with maintaining availability and security or the lost revenues and opportunities associated with poor disaster recovery. Additionally, without the ability to innovate, companies risk watching more nimble competitors eat into their established markets.
Software on demand solutions address cost in several ways. First, by using well-established technologies as a platform for the solutions, the initial costs can be lower. Second, by automating routine tasks, maintenance over time ...
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