How content sprawl happens, why it matters, and steps every IT leader should take to avoid it
What is Content Sprawl?
Imagine, if you will, the housing sector in much of North America. As the economy grows and thrives, communities spring up and homes are built in every direction as land developers build as quickly as possible, preferring virgin land and densely-zoned lots over reclaimed land that often includes tearing down old structures, rezoning, and higher initial costs. While these developers may initially build within a broader master plan, their goal is to maximize profits through speed and volume.
The result of this kind of rapid growth is traffic gridlock, infrastructure issues, and an increasingly unhappy populace. As many city and county administrators well understand, fixing these infrastructure issues later, after populations have increased and problems have compounded, is far more expensive than had they been considered during initial planning and zoning.