Death by a Thousand Bolt-Ons: The Saga of the Old-School SOC

After over 20 years and billions of dollars of investment, hopes and dreams being shattered, and numerous failed projects, we can finally put the old-school SOC and its workflows in the coffin. In reality, we failed it as much as it failed us, but it is time to move on. Winston Churchill once said: “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” So let us take a moment and do a post-mortem on the SOCs of the past and why we need something new....