The Pros and Cons of Building or Renting Platforms

<img class=" wp-image-138956 alignleft" src="https://www.cover.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Riaan-bekker-Circular-image-2.png" alt="" width="183" height="183" />Tony van Niekerk of COVER talks tech with <strong>Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at <a href="https://www.thryve.com/">Thryve</a></strong>, more specifically Platforms.

Sectors and businesses of all types and sizes are switching to platforms, because they create a stable yet flexible technology foundation upon which to build business services.

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The question however remains: build or buy? Is it better to own the platform your business uses or should you use the platform of a third party?

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In a <a href="https://www.cover.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/thryve-AUG-19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recent article in COVER magazine,</a> Riaan takes a look at the arguments for both sides, build or buy?.

In this Podcast Riaan offers some insight into this question of building your own or renting.

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