Comments on: Can You Afford the Cloud? http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/can-you-afford-the-cloud/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= I Help You Become a Higher Performer, Get Promoted, and Better Paid Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/can-you-afford-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-443 simonstapleton Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:52:22 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=130#comment-443 @Bill - I guess you were offering 'cloud' solutions before Dell (apparently) coined the phrase 'cloud'. It must be exciting to be on the frontier! @Bill – I guess you were offering ‘cloud’ solutions before Dell (apparently) coined the phrase ‘cloud’. It must be exciting to be on the frontier!

]]> By: Bill Sorenson http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/can-you-afford-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Bill Sorenson Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:22:54 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=130#comment-442 We've been providing real cloud based solutions for the last 8 years to customer and have addressed the issues associated with risks you've outlined. Each one, when taken as a whole and viewed as if it was a Fortune 100 company, can be successfully addressed. We host hundreds of applications for customers across most industries and are able to successfully complete financial audits from some of the largest financial institutions. These issues can and are addressed. Thanks for the article. Bill Sorenson CEO IVDesk We’ve been providing real cloud based solutions for the last 8 years to customer and have addressed the issues associated with risks you’ve outlined. Each one, when taken as a whole and viewed as if it was a Fortune 100 company, can be successfully addressed.

We host hundreds of applications for customers across most industries and are able to successfully complete financial audits from some of the largest financial institutions. These issues can and are addressed.

Thanks for the article.

Bill Sorenson
CEO
IVDesk

]]> By: Asif Shah http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/can-you-afford-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Asif Shah Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:30:31 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=130#comment-390 @Mark I like the analogys to clouds there. Maybe it just relates to the service levels agreed. My friend had his gmail hijacked by someone who had a similar name and convinced their support she was the owner of the account (I think she forgot what email address she registered) @Mark I like the analogys to clouds there. Maybe it just relates to the service levels agreed.
My friend had his gmail hijacked by someone who had a similar name and convinced their support she was the owner of the account (I think she forgot what email address she registered)

]]> By: Mark McClure Coaching http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/15/can-you-afford-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Mark McClure Coaching Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:22:35 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=130#comment-385 I'm reminded of that Ken Olson 1977 quote which this link does a good job of placing in context: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/kenolsen.asp There are a ton of solo businesses I know who rely on Google desktop and gmail and other ubiquitous net resources. What if your gmail goes down or your account is deleted (has happened)? Or even worse, is hacked? That being said, I can see various clouds emerging like Steven King's "The Fog" to gobble all the SAAS seekers it can find. Maybe there'll be "cloud" levels: e.g. Stratus - bog standard it works mostly and your data is usually recoverable within the last backup cycle. Yikes. Cirrus - 5 miles high and well above the plebs in coach class near ground level. Your data is funneled wherever it needs to go with "jet stream" efficiency. I’m reminded of that Ken Olson 1977 quote which this link does a good job of placing in context:
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/kenolsen.asp

There are a ton of solo businesses I know who rely on Google desktop and gmail and other ubiquitous net resources.

What if your gmail goes down or your account is deleted (has happened)? Or even worse, is hacked?

That being said, I can see various clouds emerging like Steven King’s “The Fog” to gobble all the SAAS seekers it can find.

Maybe there’ll be “cloud” levels:

e.g. Stratus – bog standard it works mostly and your data is usually recoverable within the last backup cycle. Yikes.

Cirrus – 5 miles high and well above the plebs in coach class near ground level. Your data is funneled wherever it needs to go with “jet stream” efficiency.

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