Technology Deployment

Have you ever heard the adage, "It is easier to build a house from scratch than remodel it"? Well, it is. Planning and scheduling for a remodeling project on your house always sounds great in theory. But the minute you open up a wall or floorboard and take a look at what's behind or beneath, you very likely have a whole set of issues and factors you didn't plan for and, subsequently, take you back to the drawing board. However, very often in these cases you are headed back to the drawing board with more than just what you found behind or beneath the façade. You now have the added factor that you have to patch up what you shouldn't have torn apart, anyway. This ends up costing you dearly in two very key areas, time and money. ...

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