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This sounds like an opportunity for someone to combine all of these into one appliance and charge less.
by zeckalpha 10y ago
This sounds like an opportunity for someone to combine all of these into one appliance and charge less.
- Wohlf 10y agoMicrosoft is trying with Office 365 and their other SaaS/PaaS options. If I was building out the infrastructure for a bootstrapped business today there would have to be a good business reason for me to not go that route.
- closeparen 10y agoThat's the opportunity VMWare capitalized on, and that Microsoft is trying to worm its way into with Hyper-V. A conservative nontechnical business is unlikely to invest in an unproven desktop management system, office suite, email/messaging, security, and building automation system just to beat virtualization overhead. They're even freaked out by Red Hat. If you're adventurous, you'll just use Macs/Chromebooks, the Google suite, and cloud-based "IoT" building automation (or you won't have a building automation problem because your office is small or nonexistent). You'll use Skype/Hangouts/Slack/Hipchat/cell phones instead of a PBX. If you're less adventurous, there's something to be said for widely used components, backed by tech giants who are likely to stick around for a few decades, which multiple interchangeable sales/support firms in your area know how to work with.