On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Allen <[email protected]> wrote:
> In fact I'm not even sure what virtualised servers are. > help !!! > You are not alone. I've had several customers who were determined to move their app to "The Cloud," although they hadn't a clue what that meant. In one case, a client had their internal file server, SBS server, and domain controllers moved to a hosting facility 80 miles from their office, and converted into hosted, virtualized machines, with the assurance that "everything would be fine" from their "computer guys." Of course, you can't practically share DBFs over the 'Net in such an arrangement (they had a VPN set up). It didn't take long to discover that sluggish data entry forms were nothing compared to massive slowdowns for reports and bulk processing. As they'd already had a remote solution in place for their sales force, they chose to set everyone else up that way as well, so they are essentially all remoting into what used to be their LAN. It's a tremendous waste of resources and bandwidth and, I suspect, money as well. So, make sure you have a clear understanding with the client on what they think they want to do. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4tudb3nd36ky2y_kk6orllg2vcptkuj6ojriweuhrw...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
