While absolute performance is of paramount concern for several areas of technology (devices, hardware controllers, life and healthcare services, certain financial systems), these tend to be among the minority. Most business applications' primary goals are "correctness", "time to delivery", and the need to be as fast as is necessary, but not more so. The cost and effort of engineering applications that deliver absolutely maximum possible performance can be enormous; the considerable time and skill required for peak performance is often unnecessary for many business systems. However, while absolute maximum performance is often overkill, ensuring good overall system performance is still a goal for most businesses wanting to maximize their return on investment.
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