Hi Ed, > Lanham Napier, president and CEO of Rackspace, on CNBC > yesterday talking about cloud computing and what it means for > businesses. > > http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1498260012&play=1 > ( -or- http://j.mp/cb00mH ) > > And is it just me, or does Lanham sound like George W. > Bush after too much coffee? ;-)
Not exactly the best orator, but being out there and making the rounds, stating his very enticing case, should turn out good for Rackspace sales and stock. Sounded real good: Q: "all I need is a screen?" A: "all you need is a pipe connecting you to us" But I wonder how many devils are in the details. Would a scenario be like this: - my customer decides to go with cloud computing, and signs up for a RackSpace account (some sort of trial or starter system, presumably cheap) - To setup the customer, RackSpace configures 'x' number of virtual Windows machines for the customer, one for each authorized login (machine/device/person) that will be logging in (each having his/her own desktop and applications available and running). Some or all of these machines are always running (swapped out) on the server, waiting for customer/users/other connections to login (so new logins don't have to boot the machine). - Each of my customer's users get Windows configurations that include all of the software that user normally runs, except it's all installed and maintained on a RackSpace machine. - Customer (and myself) would have FTP access to the RackSpace machine so we can install products and maintenance. Or is this something RackSpace wants to do (and changes would go through RackSpace)? - The customer's users connect to their RackSpace machines using VNC or ? to connect the application and see it's desktop on a PC, dumb terminal, PDA, ipad, etc. I can't help but wonder if RackSpace has, or plans to have, an IBM Z/OS machine in it's cloud? Bill > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/ce9dac7c31064609b1801e48d0a97...@bills ** 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.
