On reading a recent article – How long will the cloud’s reality trail the hype – I had to laugh.
On Amazon, with a single API call you can create a 1TB SQL database that has a 15 day, up to the second granularity of transactional roll-back, that is continually backed up and available. And all you have to do is pay for compute and storage. Why on earth would you not write an app on that? Well, if your app is tied to your existing enterprise database, then you’re stuck, but otherwise, you’d be silly not to… However, enterprise CIOs should identify the lowest-risk, lowest-value areas for initial forays into the cloud…
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