Rex Pommier wrote: >"move it to the cloud and that'll fix all our problems."
>Maybe, just maybe, if your government would have allowed your IT department the resources to maintain your systems you never would have hit this fiasco in the first place? Yes, I used to work for a state government and while there was much waste, it definitely wasn't in their computer systems. It was like pulling hens' teeth to get money appropriated to keep the systems even reasonably current. I agree with you 100%, but of course the argument goes something like this: * We aren't in the IT business * The cloud providers ARE in the IT business * If we move to the cloud, it's THEIR problem, and they're 100% reliable* * Ergo, we should move to the cloud Plus cloud may come out of opex instead of capex, and that's maybe easier. And, of course, the person making the decision won't be around long enough to have to deal with any fallout. See? Simple, hard to argue with "logic"! For extra credit, read Dan Poyer's Dan Lenson books, several of which refer to "the Cloudburst", when the cloud providers get hacked, taking down huge swaths of infrastructure. ...phsiii *well, they SAY they're 100% reliable ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
