Comments on: Don’t jump to the Cloud until you’re pushed http://blog.osirra.com/2009/11/20/dont-jump-to-the-cloud-until-youre-pushed/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: slatfatf http://blog.osirra.com/2009/11/20/dont-jump-to-the-cloud-until-youre-pushed/comment-page-1/#comment-4271 slatfatf Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:38:37 +0000 http://blog.osirra.com/?p=3321#comment-4271 Unusual to have 2 consecutive posts, both good, but failing to spot the link. The blog on peas and customer service outlines a real frustration we all feel when dealing with these companies. The point to make though is that these companies are not efficient and the results of mergers leave companies with multiple IT suppliers, data centers, call centers etc etc. Not a surprise. But you go on to argue in the cloud world that the cost of migrating apps etc is difficult and expensive (actually your argument rightly shows that it does matter whether you are moving to cloud or any other solution, it is the change that costs). So you outline the very thing that causes all your woe in the cloud argument. Cost of change is so high that mergers take time to find the natural break points to migrate and merge the underlying IT and processes. On a second point you pick out a small company to praise (street car) who have not been around that long, who are probably still growing and who have never merged. My local butcher also gives great customer service, but its not really fair to compare him to a global and merged insurance company. Unusual to have 2 consecutive posts, both good, but failing to spot the link. The blog on peas and customer service outlines a real frustration we all feel when dealing with these companies. The point to make though is that these companies are not efficient and the results of mergers leave companies with multiple IT suppliers, data centers, call centers etc etc. Not a surprise. But you go on to argue in the cloud world that the cost of migrating apps etc is difficult and expensive (actually your argument rightly shows that it does matter whether you are moving to cloud or any other solution, it is the change that costs). So you outline the very thing that causes all your woe in the cloud argument. Cost of change is so high that mergers take time to find the natural break points to migrate and merge the underlying IT and processes.

On a second point you pick out a small company to praise (street car) who have not been around that long, who are probably still growing and who have never merged.

My local butcher also gives great customer service, but its not really fair to compare him to a global and merged insurance company.

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