DZone

How many of you look into the nutritional information and ingredients before you buy a packaged food product? As consumers, we perceive value based on how much we can decode the ingredient labels and match it to the price at which it is offered. While it’s easy to relate an ingredient like refined sugar to unhealthiness, it’s another thing to rightly estimate the hidden price that you pay for consuming that sugary food.

In IT things are not getting any different. When you focus on the upfront price you lose sight of the hidden cost and risk associated. It’s very important to understand the tradeoffs and make an informed decision.

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