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It's funny that entire IT architectures have evolved just to optimize tax reduction and stock market interaction because of rules about opex and capex. I wonde
by angry_octet 7y ago
It's funny that entire IT architectures have evolved just to optimize tax reduction and stock market interaction because of rules about opex and capex.
I wonder though whether this optimization hasn't created a brittleness in operations, where shocks due to security lapses or outsourced provider probls become unrecoverable.
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- jyrkesh 7y agoIt's not "just about rules". Having the flexibility to spend slightly more or less based on fluctuations in your workforce, or customer demand, is highly preferable to making n-year bets on your needs, even if you end up paying a 10% premium on average for that stability.
- angry_octet 7y agoIt is possible to run large portions of your operations in the cloud and still have in-house admin expertise. Having your own servers is definitely much cheaper than a 10% saving, depending on whether your connectivity needs are more relevant. Servers from hetzner or such like are similarly much cheaper than AWS/Azure. One thing I definitely wouldn't run if I could help it would be email, going O365 or gsuite saves a ton of effort that doesn't contribute to the bottom line and has significant security advantages. But 'everything azure' or 'everything aws' has its own challenges.