Comments on: Cloud and the Wal-Martification of IT http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=447 Not so random musings of a Gartner analyst Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:11:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: RK http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=447&cpage=1#comment-49298 RK Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:30:46 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=447#comment-49298 One other fine detail, sort of following Matt's point: how does the end user get to the Cloud? Are secretaries going to generate documents on GoogleDocs from their IPhones? Well, okay. Who's going to support the phones?! Nothing personal, but you sound like a consultant. One other fine detail, sort of following Matt’s point: how does the end user get to the Cloud? Are secretaries going to generate documents on GoogleDocs from their IPhones? Well, okay. Who’s going to support the phones?!

Nothing personal, but you sound like a consultant.

]]> By: What will your role be in the cloud? | virtual insanity http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=447&cpage=1#comment-49150 What will your role be in the cloud? | virtual insanity Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:29:57 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=447#comment-49150 [...] and I like Chris Wolf’s writing.  He got me thinking, as well.  His article, titled the “Cloud and the Wal-martification of IT” struck a chord.  If this Cloud thing really takes off, which by all indications it has and will [...] [...] and I like Chris Wolf’s writing.  He got me thinking, as well.  His article, titled the “Cloud and the Wal-martification of IT” struck a chord.  If this Cloud thing really takes off, which by all indications it has and will [...]

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]]> By: Matt Lavallee http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=447&cpage=1#comment-48210 Matt Lavallee Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:20:38 +0000 http://www.chriswolf.com/?p=447#comment-48210 Until cloud providers get SLAs in-line with common (not even niche) internal SLAs, then the game gets real. Right now, I don't know many (any?) medium- or large-scale enterprises who will tolerate a 99.5% SLA, with egregious rules about having to be down more than 15 contiguous minutes and multiple lapses within 24 consecutive hours "before it counts". And, even when it counts, most only offer a prorated refund for downtime. I'm sorry, but if I were down for 48 straight hours, I wouldn't lose a couple days' pay, I'd lose my job. -Matt Until cloud providers get SLAs in-line with common (not even niche) internal SLAs, then the game gets real. Right now, I don’t know many (any?) medium- or large-scale enterprises who will tolerate a 99.5% SLA, with egregious rules about having to be down more than 15 contiguous minutes and multiple lapses within 24 consecutive hours “before it counts”. And, even when it counts, most only offer a prorated refund for downtime. I’m sorry, but if I were down for 48 straight hours, I wouldn’t lose a couple days’ pay, I’d lose my job.

-Matt

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