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clrmoney
5/12/2017 10:52:56 AM
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Simplicity strengthens cloud
I like how they say they can simplify the IT environment by the cloud to reduce complexity to reduce risk. I think there should be necessary steps if they want to improve to make things easier and better.
dcawrey
5/14/2017 11:55:53 AM
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Re: Simplicity strengthens cloud
The cloud's benefit has always been reducing complexity. The issue of security, however, still needed clarification from a lot of organizational decisionmakers.
It seems that today a lot of that has indeed been addressed.
srufolo1
5/14/2017 11:32:43 PM
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Simplicity
I guess simplicity appears to be the key to anything in life. Keep it simple. It's amazing, though, how many large corporations don't know what their data is valued at, how old it is, or even where it is. I can imagine the daunting task of trying to track all that data down. I suppose that's where a good cloud service provider comes in.
dcawrey
5/15/2017 11:31:58 AM
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Re: Simplicity
@srufolo1 I think the issue is that corporate IT has been so used to building everything from scratch. Take some servers, grab some software and put it all together. It used to be complex by design.
srufolo1
5/17/2017 12:08:51 PM
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Re: Simplicity
Yes, they cobbled everything together. No wonder they don't know where or how much data they have. That's the advantage of putting everything in the cloud.
afwriter
5/18/2017 10:51:25 AM
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Re: Simplicity
I know that in my personal life having everything in the cloud makes life easier and more organized.
srufolo1
5/18/2017 6:04:01 PM
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Re: Simplicity
@afwriter Right! And I don't understand why all these corporations are so concerned about the security issues. It's certainly a lot safer than having data everywhere and anywhere and not knowing where it is!
JohnBarnes
5/29/2017 6:45:22 PM
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Re: Simplicity
srufolo1,
At an offhand guess, companies that have no idea where their data is or what's in it probably fear doing an organized, systematic move to the cloud for the same reason that people who are terrified about their financial situation don't want to go through everything on Quicken.
Better a monster you think might be 20 feet tall , with 7" fangs, and able to fly than one you know for sure to be 13'4", with 4" incisors, and able to run at 24 mph.
srufolo1
5/31/2017 8:33:38 PM
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Re: Simplicity
@JohnBarnes The fear always comes to play when you don't understand something fully. I think the cloud is totally safe.
JohnBarnes
6/6/2017 10:44:50 PM
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Re: Simplicity
Srufolo1,
I think that nothing is totally safe but the cloud is at least no worse and may be better than local servers. The thing about local servers is that an old guy (which is what is still in charge at many places) who knows data is important but isn't sure what it is feels better knowing it's locked in a closet in the basement than that it's sort of everywhere, invisibly. A few thousand more retirements and hte issue will probably just vanish.
srufolo1
6/7/2017 4:58:29 PM
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Re: Simplicity
@JohnBarnes As the generation of folks who need to see things goes away, so will the local servers. I feel that every enterprise by now should conduct at least some aspects of their business in the cloud.
vnewman
6/7/2017 5:49:09 PM
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Re: Simplicity
I think those local servers provide some people with that proverbial illusion of control - much like driving a car when the stats say flying is much safer.
JohnBarnes
6/11/2017 10:56:57 PM
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Re: Simplicity
vnewman,
Or more ambiguously, like an automatic versus a manual transmission. At one time a mediocre manual driver could still beat even a pretty good automatic on fuel economy and other performance indexes. Nowadays it takes a really good driver to stay even with the latest automatics, and there are still some situations where a manual is better. So when should someone change over from manual to automatic? Depends on driver and circumstances ... but as a general rule, most people don't change at the optimal time.
Eventually it will all be cloud except for some high-security and other very peculiar cases. When to change? That's why we pay C-level officers a lot of money (and may or may not tell them anything).
srufolo1
7/1/2017 10:10:15 AM
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Re: Simplicity
@JohnBarnes Great analogy to tie everything in perspective once again! At 16, when I was learning to drive a car (automatic Ford Maverick), with my sister teaching me in the passenger's seat, I wound up on someone's lawn. I didn't understand the concept of steering the wheel. Then a few years later when I tried to learn to drive a Ford Pinto with a manual transmission in the hilly Pennsylvania countryside, I started to roll down the hill struggling to get it into first after stopping at a Stop sign. That exhibits no control over either situation. Hopefully companies that migrate to the cloud understand that they are not losing control over anything really.
vnewman
7/18/2017 1:51:03 PM
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Re: Simplicity
@JohnBarnes - when do you change? I think it's when you lose the ability to choose i.e. the choice is made for you by an option being limited or removed - which I think will eventually be the case with the cloud.
srufolo1
7/19/2017 9:11:44 PM
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Re: Simplicity
@vnewman Exactly. It's when you've run out of options and if you don't make changes, your business will become obsolete.
dlr5288
6/30/2017 3:46:41 PM
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Re: Simplicity
I think a big part of being unsure and scared about the Cloud is not fully understanding it.
srufolo1
7/1/2017 10:11:44 AM
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@dlr5288 Fear is a big hinderer in moving forward with any kind of change. Education is key.
JohnBarnes
7/18/2017 9:50:03 PM
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Re: Simplicity
srufolo1,
Education is the key as long as the fear is irrational.
If the fear is reasonable, education may very well prevent going down that road at all -- as perhaps well it should.
dlr5288
7/31/2017 4:47:12 AM
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Re: Simplicity
Exactly! And the more they learn about it, the less nervous and more focused they can be.
dlr5288
5/31/2017 2:36:21 PM
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Re: Simplicity
I agree! I think simplicity is key to a lot of successful new devices. Having something that everyone can figure out and fall in love with the product is super important.
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