Continuous Innovation

Everything in business and technology is changing at a rapid pace, and companies can no longer seek and rely on sustainable competitive advantage. Companies instead need to innovate continuously to stay competitive, or even just to remain in business. Organizations must remain agile and able to respond to fast-changing market conditions very quickly, and software has to be able to quickly adapt to these changing business needs.

It’s not uncommon for organizations to refrain from pushing updates during their most busy seasons, unless they absolutely have to. For example, ecommerce sites have generally stopped deploying noncritical updates to systems during the busy holiday season. The thinking is, “Don’t touch anything unless ...

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