Systems should be built so that they never have to failover. Selecting technology that outstrips your resources for supporting the solution will prevent the organization from achieving its goals. Assuring low cost of ownership often comes down to choosing technologies that are simply reliable and easy to implement and maintain. So often we are tempted to view security concerns as a problem to be solved with technology. We consider which firewall or which encryption algorithm to use rather than formulating a security strategy.
Technology is next to useless unless applied within a strategy.
Booking the airline tickets, hotels, and rental cars would be an arduous process if you could not use one travel agent and one credit card. The use of a common set of data definitions and databases provides these companies with economies of scale in the development of their business. A little standardization goes a long way in making everyone s life more effective, efficient, and a lot easier. Copyright 2001 Progress Software Corporation. All Rights Reserved.