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Got Mole problems? Call Avogadro at 6.02 x 10^23.
Obvious issues seem obvious (Score:5, Interesting)
A lot of people in positions of power don't seem to realize that a move to the cloud means you still need people to manage those cloud servers / services - or else you have to pay the cloud companies (or contractors) a significant sum to do it for you. Or, for that matter, that you might need to also think about stuff like bandwidth and just how much CPU time you'll need.
I work in a university STEM department. You'd think STEM faculty would understand this, if anyone does, but - for a while the department's
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I've had to relay the same "revelation" to those in charge. You often don't save money. You actually spend more, but you get more capacity for scalability and redundancy... if you're willing to pay for it. Most workloads for internal company use don't really need that.
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Well we're already doing that with a managed hosting provider. If something goes wrong, just blame them. Works like a charm.
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