This ability to envision new combinations of cloud-based solutions and create new ways of performing end-to-end processes presents companies with new opportunities to be innovative in new-product development as well as in service and support.

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This end-to-end perspective helped in simplifying the existing complex processes.

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The combination will establish an advanced end-to-end offering of cloud and on-premise solutions for managing all relevant business processes, the companies said.

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In the old model, software was created to smooth processes and increase efficiency for back-end systems.

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