Karen Challinor

UK

staring at clouds

pre cloud

"I have an urgent document to type up and the word processor isn't working on this machine, oh I'll use that one over there instead"

post cloud

"I have an urgent document to type up and the word processor isn't working on this machine, so I'll quickly phone the ISP to find out if there is a problem with the connection and after spending an hour or so talking to them they say the fault must be with the software or website I'm trying to get to, so I quickly phone my software provider and after an hour or so I'm told the problem can't possibly be their end it must be the ISP, so I quickly phone the ISP and after an hour or so ...."

you want cloud computing ?

fine, host the software on your own servers, that way you can pretty much guarantee the connection and the software

and if you do have a problem then there's only one number to call

it has the added benefit of not having an external company set up a direct debit on your bank account

and you get to migrate to the latest version of software when you decide it's of sufficient benefit not when some other company thinks it's time to change