Solving Unsolvable Problems (Part 4): Managing highly complex technology

Since network intelligence goes beyond DPI in terms of the level of visibility, protocol management, attribute recognition, and information extraction, even companies who have incorporated DPI capabilities into their solutions will require a new level of expertise. For example, Qosmos engineers have developed a specific meta-programming language to build Webmail and HTTP protocol plug-ins. Specific techniques and tools must be developed for quality assurance and to make reverse engineering more efficient.  This is an order of magnitude remote from the business of someone who sells complete solutions. 

In most cases, a separate R&D organization must be created. But once committed, companies realize that development times are difficult to estimate, timelines are incompressible and that the skills are so specialized that it becomes nearly impossible to outsource parts of the development.

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