Who controls your intelligence analysis platform?

Over the years, I’ve seen two broad philosophies emerge for building an intelligence analysis platform. One concentrates knowledge and capability inside the vendor. The other builds them inside the customer’s own team. The distinction matters more as the platform grows. More users, data, workflows, and use cases will deepen one of two things: your dependency on the vendor, or your own team’s ability to understand, operate, and change the platform. Neither is inherently right or wrong. They optimize for different definitions of success. One concentrates knowledge and capability inside the vendor through a tightly integrated, vendor-led platform. The vendor brings the technology, people, and expertise to build and evolve the platform on the customer’s behalf. The other model is different. The vendor still brings technology, expertise, and support, but the customer’s team is involved in building the platform…