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“Everything as a Service” is Coming—but We're Not There Quite Yet

posted by janrinok on Wednesday September 04 2019, @09:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the resistance-is-futile dept.

Freeman writes:

But, while sales pitches may anthropomorphize "The Cloud" into a sentient and unstoppable being, the reality of "everything as a service" offerings is not quite as tidy as that—yet. And, while a few brave companies with greenfield IT projects may be grabbing onto "almost everything as a service," not everyone is ready to follow them. As many of you told us, all of these new options increase the scope and complexity of a cloud migration. While moving email from local hosting to the cloud may have been obvious (yes, it really is past time to migrate off of Lotus Notes), the vote isn't nearly as automatic with each new level of "as a service" abstraction.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/everything-as-a-service-is-coming-but-were-no

Personally, I was relieved this was mostly about Enterprise infrastructure. Still, things like Stadia https://www.stadia.com/ and Office 365 https://www.office.com/ don't give me a vote of confidence for the future. I don't know about you, but I try to reduce my monthly bills, not increase how many I have.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by gtomorrow on Thursday September 05 2019, @10:43AM (2 children)

    by gtomorrow (2230) on Thursday September 05 2019, @10:43AM (#889952)

    Every time I hear someone spout this line of thinking, I think of Joe Chip trapped in his apartment [wikipedia.org] because he doesn't have a dime for the door.

    And as far as...

    if you dislike continuous maintenance costs, your best bet is shuffling off the mortal coil.

    ...please, by all means...after you. I insist.

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  • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Thursday September 05 2019, @07:36PM (1 child)

    by darkfeline (1030) on Thursday September 05 2019, @07:36PM (#890211) Homepage

    Uh, you were the one who complained about regular maintenance costs, not me. I'm perfectly content paying bills for my continued existence. I have no idea how you were modded touche.

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    • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Friday September 06 2019, @04:31AM

      by darkfeline (1030) on Friday September 06 2019, @04:31AM (#890389) Homepage

      I saw a reply from Freeman, but didn't notice that the GP reply was not the reply from Freeman. Mea culpa, substitute "you" with "Freeman" in the above post.

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