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> They're trying to be a support company for other cloud providers. I'm sure there is a market for that kind of service but not sure how much margin there is to
by stingraycharles 9y ago
> They're trying to be a support company for other cloud providers. I'm sure there is a market for that kind of service but not sure how much margin there is to be made.
I’ve seen that happen at one more big dedicated/colo hosting provider. Once the cloud started catching on with enterprises, they couldn’t resist the consultancy money of helping them in the migrations, and now they’re stuck being dependent on those types of contracts.
It takes a strong spine to resist this type of money, but when you do, make sure to invest it wisely.
- bdcravens 9y agoWhat's interesting is the shift from pushing their own cloud solution.
- dforrestwilson 9y agoEh Amazon won that battle 2 years ago when they inked a partnership.
- pm90 9y agoThey tried to push an OpenStack based public cloud. It just didn't work that well.