Data center issues often prevent firms from creating new financial software products.
We are talking about issues like data center space (if there is any) and the up-front costs of buying servers, switches, firewalls and the like before you can go “wheels up” with your new offering.
What’s nice about the Cloud model is that you can build your product and not have to worry about the ongoing data center cost of running it. Nor do you worry about adding new customers. You pay “by the seat” as you ramp up. So, all of a sudden, bringing a new product to market becomes a whole lot easier.
We know, we have done it. We would like to hear your thoughts on this topic.

Allan Siegert