At 01:36 PM 31/05/2013, Jim Birch wrote: >I'm not sure that the "cloud" would, of itself, make things cheaper since >the Queensland government is already big enough to reap most of the >economies of scale. However, you do get the advantage of being able to >offer up a big visible contract that might generate some real competition.
Here's a cloud article in the Age that speaks to some of the pros/cons, including connectivity concerns, local data stores, and the NBN. http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/cloud/what-happens-if-the-network-goes-down-20130531-2ng83.html Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] blog: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/ business: http://www.janwhitaker.com Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. ~Madeline L'Engle, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
