Hello PLUG,
I am in favor of having emails hosted and servers located in the Philippines
for soveriegn reasons - especially for our government use. But I prefer our
government to outsource this function to a local IT company who are more
technically capable of running cloud infrastructure. Our government will save
on buying hardware, licenses, salaries, connectivity and maintenance costs.
More importantly, the private sector would be able to profit and provide local
employment.
Disclosure: My company provide email hosting and virtual server hosting to
government offices already on a non-cloud infrastructure. Our servers are
located in Vitro Data Center and IPVG.
Cheers!
John
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From: Dan Sweeney <[email protected]>
To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List
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Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 8:18:53 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Gov’t to set up ‘private cloud’ of servers to host e-mail,
ICT services | Inquirer Technology
Paolo,
They have servers here in the Philippines and in the USA.. Think they might
actually add a second site here in the Philippines for redundancy.
http://www.noaccess.com/~dsweeney/Current-May-2012-backbone-s.pdf
Dan
On May 2, 2012, at 8:20 PM, Paolo Falcone wrote:
> I am well aware of ArcusIT and their PisoCloud program, and that they
> Windows and Linux servers and other SaaS stuff.
>
> They, like other local hosting providers, would become relevant to
> this government private "cloud" (urghh) if their servers are situated
> in the country.
>
> My point is actually more on - it won't really matter whether
> proprietary or FOSS solutions are used, as strengths of each platform
> can be leveraged depending on circumstances. What matters most is if
> the solution can be delivered properly and promptly.
>
> Paolo
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Dan Sweeney <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hey Paolo,
>>
>>
>> arcusit.ph
>>
>> Linux, IBM, Microsoft etc etc..
>>
>> Dan
>> On May 2, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Paolo Falcone wrote:
>>
>>> As long as the solution is hosted on Philippine soil, it gives DOST
>>> the leverage to wring necks when shit hits the fan. I can imagine MS
>>> giving in to a local partner who would request to have a private
>>> install of Office 365 on government servers in the Philippines, same
>>> also with the other competitors in this space like Oracle, IBM, EMC
>>> and the like.
>>>
>>> I don't see Google establishing data centers for Philippine government
>>> contracts just yet. Nor do I see them willing to sell Google Apps in
>>> an appliance like the Google Search Appliance pizza box. If that
>>> happens though... kudos to them and their tech partners. Government
>>> contracts are lucrative.
>>>
>>> It would've been nice if there are local providers willing to fork the
>>> time, money, manpower and like for things like HIPAA, BS 7799/ISO
>>> 27001 using a free software stack or hybrid solutions employing FOSS
>>> and proprietary technologies, but they should have existed years ago
>>> and not just today. Integration and development do take time and
>>> expertise and not just going preachy on FOSS.
>>>
>>> Paolo
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Rogelio Serrano
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> its microsoft. i can expect nothing else from our government...
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:02 AM, Robert Locke <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I see your article and raise you:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/01/google-wins-35-million-u-s-government-contract-over-microsoft/
>>>>>
>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 05 2, 12, at 1:24 AM, fooler mail wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/productivity_apps/232300539
>>>>>
>>>>> fooler.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Danny Ching <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Google?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 2, 2012, at 1:03 AM, Zak Elep <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Danny Ching <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone familiar with this? Are they using Open Source? Or did the MS lobby
>>>>>
>>>>> win out again?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://technology.inquirer.net/10555/govt-to-set-up-private-cloud-of-servers-to-host-e-mail-ict-services
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a feeling it is the cloud service we all love to use ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Zak B. Elep || zakame.net
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