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I have the Cr-48, and think it's great. The biggest use I see for it is in enterprise, since it would be so easy to set up a network of these (since the web is

by klbarry 16y ago

I have the Cr-48, and think it's great. The biggest use I see for it is in enterprise, since it would be so easy to set up a network of these (since the web is much more cross compatible than other things). Working in the cloud makes a big organization much more nimble which is worth a great deal to them.

mattmanser 16y ago
I see a lot more barriers to this entering the enterprise market than it entering personal markets. For example your company would have to run entirely on web apps already or kiss all of your existing infrastructure goodbye (shared drives, word documents, excel documents, externally received word/excel, Lotus Notes, Exchange, etc.) Also if your company depends on using any other sort of software it's a no go, anything installed like AutoCad, Photoshop, Development tools, etc. I think many industries have one key piece of software that they can't exist without that must be installed. And how does working in the cloud make an organisation more nimble? If anything it makes them more exposed to risk and of unintended downtimes when their internet connection plays up. For example one of the companies I'm contracting with uses manymoon. Aside from being a bit poo, every now and then it stops working. Sometimes it's their servers, sometimes it's our wifi, sometimes the internet connection. It's not a key piece of software, but it makes you think of the kind of risk you're exposing yourself to. What if tomorrow google apps was shutdown due to a court order or bankruptcy? I know google won't go bankrupt, but there's no saying your other providers won't. Or a patent war which shuts down a key part of the system? Obviously there are massive benefits like not having to run your own infrastructure, but it's still a risk.
- spinchange 16y ago
  >shared drives, word documents, excel documents, externally received word/excel, Lotus Notes, Exchange, etc. All can be virtualized. You'd be surprised how many large companies are (legally) running Office and productivity applications on say, a Citrix server, and already treating full blown (expensive) windows clients like "dumb terminals" The difference can be imperceptible, even to someone whose tech savvy. (Local desktop icons, no noticeable decline in performance, etc)

by klbarry 16y ago

mattmanser 16y ago

I see a lot more barriers to this entering the enterprise market than it entering personal markets. For example your company would have to run entirely on web apps already or kiss all of your existing infrastructure goodbye (shared drives, word documents, excel documents, externally received word/excel, Lotus Notes, Exchange, etc.) Also if your company depends on using any other sort of software it's a no go, anything installed like AutoCad, Photoshop, Development tools, etc. I think many industries have one key piece of software that they can't exist without that must be installed. And how does working in the cloud make an organisation more nimble? If anything it makes them more exposed to risk and of unintended downtimes when their internet connection plays up. For example one of the companies I'm contracting with uses manymoon. Aside from being a bit poo, every now and then it stops working. Sometimes it's their servers, sometimes it's our wifi, sometimes the internet connection. It's not a key piece of software, but it makes you think of the kind of risk you're exposing yourself to. What if tomorrow google apps was shutdown due to a court order or bankruptcy? I know google won't go bankrupt, but there's no saying your other providers won't. Or a patent war which shuts down a key part of the system? Obviously there are massive benefits like not having to run your own infrastructure, but it's still a risk.

spinchange 16y ago
>shared drives, word documents, excel documents, externally received word/excel, Lotus Notes, Exchange, etc. All can be virtualized. You'd be surprised how many large companies are (legally) running Office and productivity applications on say, a Citrix server, and already treating full blown (expensive) windows clients like "dumb terminals" The difference can be imperceptible, even to someone whose tech savvy. (Local desktop icons, no noticeable decline in performance, etc)