Dividing responsibilities
Very few companies are able to provide complete vertical solutions, taking into consideration the creation of devices, hosting of infrastructure, and development of backend and frontend software. And those that do, must often cut corners, resulting in faulty or insecure solutions, or in dead ends. And while complexity and requirements increase, demand for lower costs and efficiency increase, making it even more difficult. Vertical segmentation is not sustainable, except for the largest companies. For big businesses, vertical segmentation is a means to control its customer base and defend its market share. But as we have seen, even for big businesses, vertical segmentation is not sustainable. They will be forced to ...
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