Digital platforms are a trend in IT and larger enterprises are adopting them heavily. Any platform provides a set of related technical services which may be configured to create applications that support business operations. There are variety of types available, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, and it not always clear which is most suitable.
The current crop of available products overlap a great deal; and market forces are leading the major vendors to include everything for everybody. The point of the following diagram is not to be absolutely correct with the capabilities of different types of platform. It is to show the similarity in feature sets.
If your needs are straightforward and your usage is not complex, then almost any common digital platform will probably fit your needs. But vendor history and product origins are still manifest in core of the platforms they produce. Selecting the right one means choosing a vendor whose focus best aligns with the core business of your organisation.
Governance and due diligence in the finance industry means that repeatable, verifiable process is more important than individual customers. Health necessarily relies on individual attention and expert judgement. The core systems in each case have different basic characteristics even if the surface functionality is similar.
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