The outsourcing/insourcing cycle of the 80's and 90's are
happening with Cloud!?! Color me stupefied. Cloud really does
mean someone else's data center!! Who could of known?
Can we now start charging retailers and the like for space on our
smart devices to run their Apps? I think we should be allowed to
rent them space on our devices if they are going to market
directly to us.... Just give that some thought.
Steve Thompson
On 8/7/2023 2:25 PM, Crawford Robert C (Contractor) wrote:
As a witness to an outsourcing followed some years later by an insourcing, I
can infer that cloud providers (which are essentially outsourcers) can and will
lowball companies to get their business on the platform. Then comes the big
contract renewal. A customer's bargaining position is weaker during renewal
because of the time, risk and expense of moving to another provider or, God
help them, bringing the process back in-house.
Robert Crawford
Abstract Evolutions LLC
(210) 913-3822
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It would be interesting to understand if the early adopters of cloud were the
beneficiaries of aggressive discount pricing and now find themselves trapped on
those platforms. For a long time storage was “unlimited and not expensive” but
now you’re starting to see the reality of costs factor into the cloud offerings.
Agree on the religious undertones comment. Many people wanted to be the cool
kids and move to the cloud. Those architects are likely long gone but the
impact of those decisions live on.
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On Aug 7, 2023, at 12:51 PM, Dave Jones <d...@vsoft-software.com> wrote:
Savvy architects consider all the options.
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