Apologies, one of those links was a dupe - corrected version: At the 2016 PASIG and iPRES conferences, Matthew Addis gave a shot talk on this topic: - Here’s someone’s blog summary: https://preservationmatters.blogspot.nl/2016/10/exit-strategies-and-techniques-for.html <https://preservationmatters.blogspot.nl/2016/10/exit-strategies-and-techniques-for.html> - Here’s his PASIG slides: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4029189 <https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4029189> - Here’s his iPRES paper abstract: https://ipr16.organizers-congress.org/frontend/organizers/media/iPRES2016/_PDF/IPR16.Proceedings_4_Web_Broschuere_Link.pdf <https://ipr16.organizers-congress.org/frontend/organizers/media/iPRES2016/_PDF/IPR16.Proceedings_4_Web_Broschuere_Link.pdf>
Related literature from the iPRES proceedings: - Schaffer, H. Will You Ever Need an Exit Strategy? In IT Pro. 4-6. March/April 2014 https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/it/2014/02/mit2014020004.pdf <https://www.computer.org/csdl/mags/it/2014/02/mit2014020004.pdf> Warm regards, Erwin Erwin Verbruggen Project lead R&D T +31 35 677 16 91 | M +31 6 153 603 71 Skype: erwinverbruggen Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision Media Parkboulevard 1, 1217 WE Hilversum | Postbus 1060, 1200 BB Hilversum | beeldengeluid.nl <http://beeldengeluid.nl/> > > > > >> On 17 Jan 2017, at 15:15, Beaudet, David <d-beau...@nga.gov >> <mailto:d-beau...@nga.gov>> wrote: >> >> Kate, I saw your question last week and happened to be in AWS training so I >> asked a gentleman who works for AWS sales to get his perspective. Not too >> surprisingly, he suggests engaging professional services to assist in an >> exit from AWS. >> >> ---- >> >> "Professional services or a partner would be the fastest way to recover data >> when exiting AWS. A cloud provider going out of business is a real concern >> when you're dealing with smaller providers. As you know the cloud industry >> is simultaneously growing and consolidating on a few major providers at a >> very fast rate. Having worked for a smaller IaaS provider, I've seen the >> difficulty for smaller providers to compete via product and financially >> (very thin margins if your platform is not fully automated, which most >> "cloud providers" are not). With Azure and AWS, going out of business is a >> small risk. Google you could be a little more leery of them pulling the plug >> since they have a history of stopping major initiatives (Google Glass, >> Google Fiber). >> >> >> >> With AWS, we have a standard term agreement with 30 days guaranteed that AWS >> will not touch your environment (https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/ >> <https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/>). This can be negotiated when you >> establish an Enterprise Agreement with AWS. As a self-service platform, AWS >> does not offer support migrating clients out." >> >> ---- >> >> >> >> Regarding recoverability of cloud-based data, I asked him whether he thought >> it would make sense to push backups to another cloud provider. >> >> >> >> ---- >> >> "Certainly pushing backups to another provider is an option. My thought is, >> does the risk justify the cost in this scenario. If you're with the major 3 >> cloud players, I see very little risk of the provider going under, and >> you'll have to pay storage and data transfer fees to the duration of this >> strategy. Based on the size of your environment, it may be worth saving the >> money and being prepared to pay for professional services to help you exit >> efficiently in the off chance you need to make a quick exit." >> >> ---- >> >> >> >> Happy to put you in touch with him directly if it would be useful. >> >> >> >> Dave Beaudet >> >> National Gallery of Art >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer >> Network (http://www.mcn.edu <http://www.mcn.edu/>) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu <mailto:mcn-l@mcn.edu> >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l <http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l> >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > Erwin Verbruggen Project lead R&D T +31 35 677 16 91 | M +31 6 153 603 71 Skype: erwinverbruggen Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision Media Parkboulevard 1, 1217 WE Hilversum | Postbus 1060, 1200 BB Hilversum | beeldengeluid.nl <http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/>
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