To be honest, it seems that you do not currently have a good handle on what IT is currently costing, and what it is providing.
Costing: overall cost to the organisation for IT: CAPEX, OPEX, cost of outtages Providing: services, uptime, RTO/RPO, security/retention/backup Maybe this is a bit high level, but with all this information, it makes it relatively easier to compare to the "cloud" offering. You can start to compare metrics on what you are providing in-house versus what the external provider is offering. What LDs will you get from the vendor when the service is down? Will that cover the cost of service outage? Lastly: what are the requirements you have for your business: regulatory and business. Is the provider able to meet these? Etc. Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: techconnect [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 1:10 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: domain controller in the cloud??? Someone needs to take away his magazine reading privileges. Just a couple of questions, assuming no one is concerned about (or has given any consideration to) latency. Does your organization have any redundant internet connectivity? What servers do you have today, and where are they? (How many offices, buildings, etc) ASB (My Bio via About.Me) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... 1 dell 2950 2003 AD and exchange 2003 1tb Raid 5 2 buildings connected w/ 100mb fiber and 1 other building down the road with ipsec vpn tunnel( at this location we have a limping Dell sc-1500 2003 server replicating just AD and doing backups across the tunnel) they give us no budget and expect us to work with what we have and then we ask for replacement servers and they say lets move to the cloud. No redundancy on the internet, just cox business fiber. I appreciate everyone suggestions even the cartoon:). But sometimes I have a problem convincing the administration of needed changes and upgrades and looking for pointers. Thanks, Jason ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
