When providing solutions based on the multiple products, the success of the solution depends on what level of OOB features of those products helps in addressing the business / functional needs and what level of flexibility those products offers in terms of customization. Also, how those products help in addressing business needs is very important in terms of time-to-market through: Capabilities for seamless integration with federated business partners through adapters (like what Microsoft BizTalk, & StreamInsight have rich set of adapters minimizing the development time), Partner ecosystem with solutions (like what partners have solutions based on SharePoint in addressing various business requirements such as document storage, DRM / IRM, BI etc) In addition to above mentioned factors, success depends on how the products allow developer community in extending its capabilities to address complex techno-business requirements. While allowing the develop
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