The ultimate litmus test of a platform's importance

By Joe McKendrick for Service Oriented | November 19, 2013 -- 03:42 GMT (19:42 PST) | Topic: Enterprise Software

Quote of the week:

"A good test of a platform’s importance is to find out what happens if the platform shuts down for 5 minutes – how much panic and revenue drop does that create in various parts of the world? Another measure of the platform is the value it creates by launching new companies and ideas."

- Chetan Sharma, Chetan Sharma Consulting

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