[vcf-midatlantic] OT: modern cloud services

[Dean Notarnicola]

* > I think there are a few things we can probably agree on:  > 1) "cloud
computing" is a silly buzzword for saying "their computing (server)
environment and equipment" as an alternative to. "your computing (server)
environment and equipment".   *

No, I can't agree to that. "your computing (server) environment and
equipment" does not the features and capabilities that would qualify them
as true cloud infrastructure with elastic, on-demand, resources. You can,
however, build this into your infrastructure if desired.


*> (I personally think silly buzzwords like this enforce magical thinking
and a lack of understanding.) >  2) There are pros and cons for both
maintaining in-house servers, as well as using online cloud services.
Probably some combination of both is ideal for many organizations. *

Agreed

*> 3) hosting all our data elsewhere gives many of us pause for many
reasons.*
 It should. Don't trust the hype. Understand your requirements and heavily
scrutinize any potential offerings.




On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 2:47 PM m simons via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

>  Ditto, about all of the stuff about not knowing as much as everybody on
> all the different issues related to cloud computing and why one IT
> department or C-level executive may make one decision over another.
>
> I think there are a few things we can probably agree on:
>
> 1) "cloud computing" is a silly buzzword for saying "their computing
> (server) environment and equipment" as an alternative to. "your computing
> (server) environment and equipment".
>
> (I personally think silly buzzwords like this enforce magical thinking and
> a lack of understanding.)
>
> 2) There are pros and cons for both maintaining in-house servers, as well
> as using online cloud services.  Probably some combination of both is ideal
> for many organizations.
>
> 3) hosting all our data elsewhere gives many of us pause for many reasons.
>
> That being said, I've got a server rack and a large stack of older servers
> burning a hole in my pocket looking for something good to do with them.
>
> Any suggestions?  Any interest?
>
> --MS
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