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[kemain.nospam at gmail.com]

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>On 3/6/2022 8:56 AM, kemain.nospam at gmail.com wrote:
>> "Public Cloud" is just another name for outsourcing parts of your IT
>> to other vendors like Microsoft (Azure), Amazon (AWS) in return for
>> paying a fee for monthly services your company has contracted with.
>>
>> Like outsourcing, moving to a public cloud means you are leaving
>> behind those portions of your current service model that you decide
>> can be done better by someone other than your current provider e.g.
>> your internal IT
>
>I believe that flexibility/scalability and the paying for usage model is
what is
>driving cloud not a desire to out-source.
>

The capacity on demand model (COD) has been around for numerous decades and
was/is available from many vendors.

>But cloud does imply some outsourcing.
>
>IaaS:
>* maintenance of facility (power, cooling, network connectivity)
>* installation and monitoring of hardware
>
>PaaS/FaaS:
>* maintenance of facility (power, cooling, network connectivity)
>* installation and monitoring of hardware
>* OS installation/maintenance/monitoring
>* platform software installation/maintenance/monitoring
>
>SaaS:
>* maintenance of facility (power, cooling, network connectivity)
>* installation and monitoring of hardware
>* OS installation/maintenance/monitoring
>* platform software installation/maintenance/monitoring
>* application development
>* application installation/maintenance/monitoring
>

All (ok, most) outsourcers have a tremendous flexibility .. the IaaS, PaaS
models are simply new cloud buzz words for what outsourcers like HP, IBM,
EDS (aka HPE) have traditionally provided with custom outsourcing contracts.
That is before some of these big companies sold off their outsource
divisions. 

Want just DC services? No problem - they will provide a custom quote for
you. 

Same for options where outsourcer provides DC/infrastructure / OS services,
but Cust does App /DB/middleware layers.

All were previously custom outsourcing contracts.

Those in comp.os.vms who have worked for outsourcing companies will likely
attest to this.

>> When all of the real costs of "Public Cloud" outsourcing is
>> considered, it becomes pretty clear why many M-L companies are
>> deciding to go with the "Private Cloud" model whereby they have many
>> of the same features as a Public Cloud e.g. provisioning on demand,
>> capacity on demand, but with a much more integrated service model and
>> with more integrated security that does not require them to manage and
>> contract out to many and often different outsourcer vendors.
>
>Some go for private cloud.
>
>Some go for hybrid cloud.
>
>But the majority goes for public cloud.
>
>Arne
>

Like outsourcing, its easy for managers to fall into the trap of "why not
give this XYZ function to another vendor who specializes in managing this
XYZ function". However, like Outsourcing, Public Cloud vendors and
proponents will stress "IT lite" things like how much cpu's cost per hour.
However, the biggest costs (by far) are those costs associated with
redesigning, implementing and on-going support of a multi-vendor provided
support model. 

When the IT maturity of a M-L company rises to a certain level and gains
experience with "Public Cloud", they begin to realize that they can
internally provide the same on demand server VM provisioning developers
like, with much better integrated security (SOC/NOC / service desk
integration) than that of a Public Cloud.

Reference:
Forbes.com: " Why Is Cloud Migration Reversing From Public To On-Premises
Private Clouds?" - August 2021
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterbendorsamuel/2021/08/10/why-is-cloud-migr
ation-reversing-from-public-to-on-premises-private-clouds/?sh=4ff3578563cc>

Extracts - 

"Increasingly this year, we see many companies that aggressively migrated
their work from on-premises clouds looking to move work back to on-premises
and private clouds. The mindset that the public cloud saves money because a
company only pays for what it uses is just theoretical and really an
illusion. Realistically, companies tend to buy capacity rather than actual
time used. Thus, companies are in a take-or-pay situation like the economics
of a private cloud or on-premises solution."

"However, there was a lot of speculation that at some point, the hyperscale
cloud provider would start to take greater profits, and economies of scale
would start to diminish. Both appear to be happening now. This is not
surprising because we know that it is rational for companies to start to
emphasize profitability."

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com







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