tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33400508.post89395728204858244..comments2012-02-13T20:30:06.100-08:00James Urquharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869296024524739031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33400508.post-84433272286547967112008-07-26T03:21:00.000-07:002008-07-26T03:21:00.000-07:00There is a third option which I have been encouraging my large enterprise customers to take to 'test the water': low risk deployments, either piloting with a small group of users or by using a low risk solution (web/mail filtering) for everyone.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://samj.net/2008/07/cloud-and-cloud-computing-consensus.html" REL="nofollow">Cloud Computing</A>, by its very nature (massive scalability, significant accounting infrastructure, interoperable services) is extremely difficult to emulate internally.Sam Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13816529874906993705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33400508.post-90054128433988562052008-02-07T09:55:00.000-08:002008-02-07T09:55:00.000-08:00Botchagalupe,<BR/><BR/>Excellent. Then we agree.<BR/><BR/>JamesJames Urquharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07869296024524739031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33400508.post-30407145666803436822008-02-06T20:06:00.000-08:002008-02-06T20:06:00.000-08:00Your question to me is when do I think it is reasonable for a customer to go on-premise vs. off-premise. <BR/><BR/>I think before offerings like Collage and 3Tera lines were clear. All mom and pops should go off-premise and all others should stay home. <BR/><BR/>My experience has always been with E5k customers and it will be very interesting to see how their brick and mortar data centers react to the "utility" movement. All things being equal I think Carr is correct and computing will eventually go the way of electricity. However, enterprises like the Federal Reserve run underground hidden on-premise DR sites. There is a lot of IP/Coin out there that may never go the Carr way. However if they all do I am sure the Fed Res will be the last ones to turn out the lights .Botchagalupehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08654543217638378500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33400508.post-92088850373335754942007-11-28T08:08:00.000-08:002007-11-28T08:08:00.000-08:00A most excellent and well written article. Totally agree with you.swardleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702421918430488600noreply@blogger.com