Image: A cloud (which has nothing to do with
Cloud Computing)
It’s
rare that I have a rambling post about something, this is one of those rare occasions.
Two topics:
1) Less
Productive in the Cloud?
2)
Multi-Cloud is the Future?
1) Less Productive in the
Cloud?
Question:
Is there are chance that you (your organization) could be less productive in
the cloud?
Answer:
Yes
Explanation:
The many
advantages of the Cloud are written about in many places, and there’s no
arguing most of those advantages. Something that’s not written about Cloud
is that there is a chance that running your infrastructure in the Cloud could make
you less productive in certain areas. Why?
The
problem with Cloud is that everything is chargeable: CPU, Memory, Storage,
network throughput... If there is a desire to not incur costs, this
de-motivates from using the Cloud Infrastructure. For example, spinning up some
database servers and doing some simple testing could cost $1000s, so you decide
not to test out something new. Now, if you already have your own infrastructure,
even though it did cost an initial outlay, now you’ve got it you can use it any
time you want without worrying about incurring extra cost - the cost is already
written off.
It’s a
bit like owning a car and renting a car (just a bit).
2) Multi-Cloud is the Future?
Even
though I’ve been studying AWS recently, I don’t believe the future is just AWS.
And for a few good reasons:
Reason
1) The AWS (or other cloud vendor) sales person may tell you “Yes, you’ll save
money if you put everything
in the cloud”, but this is not true, since there are some things that are
simply cheaper on premise. I’ve heard of customers go all-out with cloud and
their operating costs have tripled. Yes, there are many many things that benefit
by being in the cloud, but the cloud is not necessarily the best (cheapest) place
for all your data and services. The answer is hybrid cloud!
Reason
2) No one wants a monopoly. Governments would step in to block someone like AWS
having a monopoly. Also, as has happened many times before - in the storage
world for instance - a new vendor comes along and does the proverbial
drops-their-pants and offers a deal so good your organization can’t possibly
say no, so you migrate data and services from one cloud to the other. This is where
multi-cloud comes in, you want tools and software that allow you to manage your
services and data across multiple hyperscalers. The answer is Multi-Cloud!
THE END (of short ramble)
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