That's ok though. Get them on the cloud, then they can have the 'option' to start utilizing pure cloud type services, and migrate over. Just reproducing their

That's ok though. Get them on the cloud, then they can have the 'option' to start utilizing pure cloud type services, and migrate over. Just reproducing their current setup on the cloud in many ways makes perfect sense. Remember that for most companies, IT is just IT - it's an enabler, but not a huge differentiator. What 'works works', and tech change is expensive and risky. Going to the cloud and shifting paradigms is two big steps, they can be taken one at a time. But yes - any HN reader would be kind of 'shocked' to walk into almost any company in the world and see how 'high tech' really works. It's a valuable lesson in perspective, though.