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There is one primary reason why large companies are migrating to AWS Azure etc that most people seem to be missing here. It’s outsourcing the blame. This is th
by qwertyuiop_ 5y ago
There is one primary reason why large companies are migrating to AWS Azure etc that most people seem to be missing here.
It’s outsourcing the blame. This is the key to boardroom success. When something goes wrong in their own data centers, the CXOs need to shoulder the blame.
Large corporations outsource everything, including the guy who cleans the copiers, copier not working, blame the maintenance vendor.
Something went awry with the infrastructure, blame AWS
App development project went down the tubes? blame the contractors & outsourcing companies.
The Cxo comes out blameless each time
- streamofdigits 5y agothat is an argument I have seen before and it is generally true: the core idea is for the corporate entity to operate a riskless arbitrage where all risks are shouldered elsewhere, ideally where they are less understood and thus underpriced. the problem with applying this concept here is the hyperscalers are not exactly a counterparty likely to underprice IT risks. in any case is there any public evidence of this "blame transfer" in action (pressumably with associated remedies)