Comments on: Cloud it or not to Cloud it: how much time is needed to move to the Cloud? http://www.cloudviews.org/2009/02/cloud-it-or-not-to-cloud-it-how-much-time-is-needed-to-move-to-the-cloud/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:25:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eric Novikoff http://www.cloudviews.org/2009/02/cloud-it-or-not-to-cloud-it-how-much-time-is-needed-to-move-to-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Eric Novikoff Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:28:28 +0000 http://www.cloudviews.org/?p=361#comment-143 Sérgio's experience was a perfect Cloud story, much like the one that Amazon likes to tell about the New York Times converting all its back issues to machine-readable format in a weekend. But as a cloud infrastructure provider, I see the other side of the story: we get a lot of customers who come to us with failed implementations on Amazon, GoGrid, AppLogic, Mosso, etc. where they spent months trying to get it work without success. Admittedly, these customers are doing Infrastructure-as-a-Service implementations, but that is exactly what businesses need to move their software into the Cloud. By offering operations services (administration, consulting, setup, systems design, even coding) together with our cloud, we help these customers overcome these obstacles. However, many customers believe the stories such as Sérgio's or Amazon's and leap into the cloud without looking. Larger companies with mission-critical applications are familiar with the challenges of any change, so they're understandably cautious. I'm very excited about the Cloud so I don't want to scare people off, but it definitely pays to look at all the technical - and management - issues before leaping into the Cloud. -Eric Novikoff ENKI http://www.enkiconsulting.net Sérgio’s experience was a perfect Cloud story, much like the one that Amazon likes to tell about the New York Times converting all its back issues to machine-readable format in a weekend. But as a cloud infrastructure provider, I see the other side of the story: we get a lot of customers who come to us with failed implementations on Amazon, GoGrid, AppLogic, Mosso, etc. where they spent months trying to get it work without success. Admittedly, these customers are doing Infrastructure-as-a-Service implementations, but that is exactly what businesses need to move their software into the Cloud. By offering operations services (administration, consulting, setup, systems design, even coding) together with our cloud, we help these customers overcome these obstacles. However, many customers believe the stories such as Sérgio’s or Amazon’s and leap into the cloud without looking. Larger companies with mission-critical applications are familiar with the challenges of any change, so they’re understandably cautious. I’m very excited about the Cloud so I don’t want to scare people off, but it definitely pays to look at all the technical – and management – issues before leaping into the Cloud.

-Eric Novikoff
ENKI
http://www.enkiconsulting.net

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