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Is managing servers really such a lost art that even governments with sensitive data must cede to AWS/Azure/GCP?
by cedws 1y ago
Is managing servers really such a lost art that even governments with sensitive data must cede to AWS/Azure/GCP?
- geodel 1y agoIt is more of people who can manage servers have no standing in front of people who buy or sell cloud services.
- ignoramous 1y ago> ...a lost art that even governments with sensitive data must cede to AWS/Azure/GCP? Apparently, US aid to a country is usually spent on US companies; Israel is no exception: https://theintercept.com/2024/05/01/google-amazon-nimbus-israel-weapons-arms-gaza https://theintercept.com/2024/05/01/google-amazon-nimbus-isr...
- dpoloncsak 1y agoCan't buy stock contracts on Amazon/Microsoft/Google right before you announce the $1B investment towards cloud infrastructure if you roll it all yourself, though
- foota 1y agoApparently, yes: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/858tb-of-government-data-may-be-lost-for-good-after-south-korea-data-center-fire/ https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/858tb-of-governme...
- aaa_aaa 1y agoSome states can get away with what ever they want, so it does not matter for them.
- zbentley 1y agoI’ve seen government datacenters. We should be thankful they’re using the cloud. That’s not “cloud > onprem always”, that’s “even given cloud providers’ many faults governments are so terrible at managing and securing infrastructure today that the cloud is preferable for them”. Whether you anre pro- or anti-particular-government, you should still support gov-moves-to-cloud. The alternative is proven unbelievably worse on every possible axis.