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Truth is, they will outsource to Equinix or specialized datacenters. Noone has been running their own datacenter for a while.
by user5994461 9y ago
Truth is, they will outsource to Equinix or specialized datacenters.
Noone has been running their own datacenter for a while.
- artimaeis 9y ago> Noone has been running their own datacenter for a while. I tend to agree that new businesses are very unlikely to invest in their own metal - because it's not really a path to profitability, but many small-medium businesses run their own data centers. Especially if the business was founded in the 90s and the leadership hasn't chosen to invest in tech. Many businesses choose not to scale (in ways which cloud services would help) - many more just have no need to scale (i.e. regional service providers).
- cookiecaper 9y agoBig difference between running on colo'd hardware and running on cloud. It's still "own hardware" in someone else's rack.
- user5994461 9y agoThe hardware can be leased. It doesn't have to be yours.
- MandieD 9y agoMost very large old-school industrial firms still own and run a lot of iron on-prem, especially in data-privacy focused places like Germany. My employer, one of those old-school German industrial firms, is just starting to dip its little toes into the cloud - everything important is still on-prem. Companies are talking in public about their cool cloud stuff, but talking to my fellow OSGIF engineers, we're all really in the Proof of Concept phase, pretty much.
- user5994461 9y agoon premise has been on the decline for almost two decades. It didn't wait for the buzz around AWS. Try outsourcing a software project to some sweatshops, they will offer you to rent the hardware in their datacenters. Germany is no exception.