Cloud Computing at the Hotel California, Check-in and Never Leave!
May 2, 2013
Grazed from Forbes. Author: Reuven Cohen.
The lyrics of the iconic Eagle’s 1977 song are beginning to take on new meaning as a growing group of cloud computing users realize that leaving is not necessarily as easy as checking –in at the various cloud computing providers.
In many ways cloud computing is like a hotel. Both provide the ease and convenience to scale and a temporary home for your apps. Both provide all the comforts of home without the need to do any of the preparation, management and up-keep. In many ways, it’s the ideal computing environment. That is, until you want to leave…
It’s not that leaving is impossible. It isn’t. Applications today are generally built using programming and development environments that are transportable. The question is mostly one of risk vs. reward. The question becomes whether it is worth the risk of moving from Amazon to Microsoft MSFT +0.64%, or from Salesforce to Google GOOG +1.51%? For many, it’s just not worth the hassle…
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