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Build, Buy or Host

Many IT professionals are often asked the question "Is it better to Build, Buy or Host" your software applications. The following dialog may provide some ideas on how you may answer that question the next time it is asked.

Many companies choose the OSS route because it shifts the balance of power from the vendor back to the customer - for all the reasons set forth in the Advantages/Disadvantages dialog below.

Companies buy when much of the business functionality they need is found in a vendor's packaged solution. Companies build their own applications to competitively leverage their core business processes to differentiate themselves from their competitors. The more standardized your business processes become, the higher the probability to purchase off-the-shelf software and host it externally.

At NetSphere Strategies, we have built our own hosted solutions like BalanceMaxx to allow our Marketplace clients to quickly and inexpensively extend their sales channels using customer portal aggregators like Amazon, Buy, NewEgg and Sears.

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