Re-platforming under the microscope in punchy PA360 platform debate

Panellists David Ferguson and David Tiller both pointed out the follies of changing platform technology, with the latter saying re-platforming was a result of the "structure and architecture" of platform business models being wrong. "Even if you upgrade the underlying technology, the architecture still can't do the things you need the platform to do," said Tiller, who is head of UK propositions at Standard Life Aberdeen.  "If you don't have a platform that has a future view, can articulate it and actually has a strategy, you can be pretty sure it is going to run into trouble at some p...