On 2021-06-02 4:25 a.m., Mark Tinka wrote:
On 6/1/21 20:46, Andy Ringsmuth wrote:
How about the farmer using an HD or 4k drone with WAPs on his center
pivot irrigation sprinklers to monitor crops? Or monitor the cattle
herd that is currently growing the next T-bone or porterhouse steak
you’ll be eating?
Is that a thing?
Just kidding :-).
Mark.
Of course it is. Commonly referred to as SaaS -- Steak As A Service.
You order whatever type of steak you want, then the vendor manages the
rest for you -- allocating a slice of the hardware, managing the entire
lifecycle from system assembly to deprovisioning, system burn-in, etc.
The more modern vendors can even provide real-time GPS tracking and
fault monitoring of your hardware (though automated remediation is
lacking as it's unable to handle common problem like "hardware tangled
in barbed geofence").
The lead time kinda sucks though, and it's often worth the premium to be
able to immediately get what you want from a local vendor.
