Comments on: So Why are You Still Hosting? http://reliable.esymmetrix.com/infrastructure/so-why-are-you-still-hosting People, Processes, Hardware and Software that deliver results every time, every where. Wed, 19 May 2010 21:01:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ken http://reliable.esymmetrix.com/infrastructure/so-why-are-you-still-hosting/comment-page-1#comment-409 Ken Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:41:39 +0000 http://kendall.srellim.org/?p=46#comment-409 I work for an extremely large-scale Internet company (what you called 'super scalable' in an earlier post), and I endorse this message. But seriously. It takes discipline in selecting tools and practices that interact well with hosted services. However it pays off in vastly decreased infrastructure & IT operational cost as a percentage of the business costs. It also lets you be much more agile when getting new capacity in place for a new initiative. In my world you order what you need in an online app, get approvals for the expense via the built-in workflow, and your capacity is ready to go within a day or so with monitoring, app frameworks, and the works. This is all automated, and for my purposes it matters little where the capacity is actually hosted (can't escape physics yet, but that's a Q2 2009 project). As a result I can spend more time out of the day delivering business value than I could a decade ago. Especially with the new generation of cloud computing services, it's time to free yourself from messing abut with hardware. I work for an extremely large-scale Internet company (what you called ’super scalable’ in an earlier post), and I endorse this message.

But seriously. It takes discipline in selecting tools and practices that interact well with hosted services. However it pays off in vastly decreased infrastructure & IT operational cost as a percentage of the business costs.

It also lets you be much more agile when getting new capacity in place for a new initiative. In my world you order what you need in an online app, get approvals for the expense via the built-in workflow, and your capacity is ready to go within a day or so with monitoring, app frameworks, and the works. This is all automated, and for my purposes it matters little where the capacity is actually hosted (can’t escape physics yet, but that’s a Q2 2009 project). As a result I can spend more time out of the day delivering business value than I could a decade ago.

Especially with the new generation of cloud computing services, it’s time to free yourself from messing abut with hardware.

]]> By: Brennels http://reliable.esymmetrix.com/infrastructure/so-why-are-you-still-hosting/comment-page-1#comment-408 Brennels Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:28:03 +0000 http://kendall.srellim.org/?p=46#comment-408 Hi, you bring up some interesting points. I have been thinking lately how dynamic infrastructure (the ability to move systems in real-time) will help facilitate the adaption of cloud computing. I look forward to your next post. Hi, you bring up some interesting points. I have been thinking lately how dynamic infrastructure (the ability to move systems in real-time) will help facilitate the adaption of cloud computing. I look forward to your next post.

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