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Keeping Pace With the Evolving Software Ecosystem

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Author: C. Warren Axelrod, Ph.D.
Date Published: 30 July 2025
Read Time: 14 minutes

Software systems are ostensibly taking over the digital landscape, adding to the many existing and newly developed functions and systems previously handled by physical equipment and the brains and muscles of humans. As a result, conditions attributable to these systems are increasingly aligning with software rather than physical systems. Historically, software vendors and services providers have enjoyed greater legal and regulatory lenience than physical equipment manufacturers...

 

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