But the software sector was forced to develop solutions to handling complexity, because of the massive failures of traditional management approaches to dealing with large complex software systems.

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But in any case, they will beg for custom software design as large and complex health care delivery systems go through compliance procedures and also look to streamline administrative costs.

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This has certainly been important to Oversight Systems, which develops compliance software to help companies deal with such complex requirements as Sarbanes-Oxley.

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"This is the most complex undertaking ever attempted in software, " says William Coleman, who cofounded Oracle rival BEA Systems and now runs server-tech firm Cassatt.

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