> Cloud technology has a long way too go. > > It sounds great on paper because the purpose is to consolidate IT staffs > into an outsourcing model. It is a very tricky idea especially when it > pertains to B2B technologies. > > It will be very tough for these huge enterprise companies to rip out their > current infrastructures and get adopted to these cloud technologies when > they're not proven. > > I have been in EDI for 10 years and haven't seen this quick of a change. I > remember when AS2 was introduced and they said the VANS would be dead or > when the so called UCCNET came out and it would be the end of EDI. It > would all be about XML. > > I have dealt with many enterprise companies regarding their evaluations of > managed services AKA the cloud and some of these companies are struggling > to get off the mainframe. It took one particular company twelve year to > finally decide to phase off the mainframe. Most companies still want to > control their own infrastructure and technologies on premise. >
Just because a new technology or business model comes along - eg, "the cloud" or "outsourced services" - does not mean it is automatically wise to replace something which works. Unless you can prove there is a net benefit to doing so, you've already paid for what you have, so why change it? "Change for the sake of change" makes about as much (actually, "as little") sense to me as does "we do it this way because we've always done it that way." See also: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" IMO the better question to ask re "new stuff" is asking if this new technology/service can make economic sense for firms to ADD a capability, when with prior technology it just didn't. Michael C. Mattias Tal Systems Inc. Racine WI [email protected] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
