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It's kind of wacky that he sites selling servers to most of the cloud hosts today as an indicator that it's a market HP ought to be in. Not paying resale margin
by famousactress 16y ago
It's kind of wacky that he sites selling servers to most of the cloud hosts today as an indicator that it's a market HP ought to be in. Not paying resale margins on servers is an advantage, but not a reason. A reason may be.. say, you're Google or Amazon and you've had to build out the ability to quickly and deploy apps on the internet anyways. Is that something HP has any real mindshare or experience in?
- wmf 16y agoMany companies outsource their IT to HP; if HP doesn't have a cloud it could lose those customers when they decide to "go cloud".
- nkassis 16y agoThat's a good point. Even if they think it's hype, their clients don't think it is and they will look bad if they don't join the bandwagon. Large companies have a harder time being opinionated.
- raganwald 16y agoMy cynical take is that their clients do know it's hype, however if you're an executive who has bet on HP, this announcement means you can't be second-guessed. If somebody angling for your job asks "Why are we with HP? Why don't we go to the cloud?" you will respond smoothly, "We are going to the cloud with HP, in the fullness of time, after all the relevant details have been examined and the considerations carefully weighed, ..."
- KevinEldon 16y agoI think you're exactly right and I'd add the enterprise cloud is about giving large customers faster provisioning and more control over their costs. Enterprises will have a mix of cloud apps and apps on fixed assets. HP will just offer both options, so as to not make their customers have to choose between HP and "going cloud".