In a recent article on hardware selection James Urquat says: “So which vendor should you go with if you are seeking the best cloud experience? Ah, here's the best part; you don't care. Period. As a cloud consumer, which underlying physical hardware comes into play should arguably be a non-issue; at worst a fleeting thought as you review your cloud options. This is the beauty of the world we are moving to; it's someone else's problem now.” And I ablsoultely agree. Most companies have a core product which has nothing to do with the hardware upon which they depend to run their business. Making a swtich from a tradtional server or data center to a cloud computing enviroment allows these firms to go back to focusing on their core, because the hardware is someone else’s problem. Now while the hardware is someone else’s problem when you push your app into a Cloud Computing environment, the real issue is about the people who will be working on the environment. At that point it comes down to the question of “your people or mine”. If you don’t have people then choosing a full-service cloud is an easy answer. If you’ve got people, the hard question you have to ask yourself is – “is there something else my people could be doing that would drive innovation and revenue?”
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