Today’s competitor will be tomorrow’s partner—rather, they should be, at times.
Platform is a trending buzzword amongst digital business leaders and strategists, but much like “digital transformation,” it can be quite the squishy term. What does platform mean to me? Well, I believe that platforms are the engines of our digital businesses. They allow an organization’s business capabilities and services to transcend today’s silos—both internally between different operational business units and externally to enrich customer-facing applications and extend the reach of the organization to partners and other outside entities. Platforms deliver products and services, but they can also be the product or service.
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Source: IT Strategy