...platform utilizes software-as-a-service to deliver the benefits of rapid deployment, zero maintenance, and no upfrontcapital costs. As a result, Alert Logic customers benefit from easy and affordable security and compliance. Alert Logic...
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...offered by IBM was already commercially available and operational. Price. Because the IBM solution did not require upfrontcapital spending in IT hardware, the cost to The Co-operators was very competitive — lower, in fact, than the other competitors...
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