Performance Technologies, Inc.
Platform Economics: How to Chart a Cost-Effective Course
Decision, decisions, decisions! A new project is underway, the basic requirements have been defined, yet one critical choice has still to be answered: “What design approach should you use: proprietary, COTS, or Application-Ready?”Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and Project Managers are increasingly focusing on TCO and asking questions such as: “how can I get to market faster,” “how can I develop the new product with fewer resources and less cost,” and “what’s the best solution not only for the short term, but for the long term?”
Application-Ready Systems
Application-Ready Systems can significantly reduce development expenses and further shorten time-to-market schedules compared to both proprietary systems and COTS, resulting in true cost savings in development and even faster time-to-market. There are many definitions for Application-Ready Systems, but the truest characterization is that these systems integrate all the hardware and software components such that it is truly “complete” and ready to operate an application right “out-of-the-box.” So a complete, Application-Ready system is one that integrates the COTS-based chassis, platform management, switching, payload modules, operating system, middleware, API, drivers, and an application development environment.
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