Quote of the day: 'Battle of attrition' in 'move to super platforms'

In a story about big software companies moving back to offering customers a soup-to-nuts "stack" of software products, an analyst explains that consolidation and standardization have led to products from large "super platform" providers that are as good as "best of breed" products from more specialized companies.

"We're getting into this battle of attrition as all (the vendors) try to move to super platforms," Burton Group analyst Peter O'Kelly said. "It's not just more products at a discount. Now you need demonstrable synergies between the products."

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