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The Small Print

  • November 20, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    #150184

    Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Small Print

    Best wishes,
    Phil Factor

  • November 21, 2012 at 9:16 am

    #1561290

    Great points about looking before leaping into the cloud!

    "... just don’t forget to read the small print."

    It may be worse than not forgetting to read the small print because you may not find out about all the hidden extra charges and fees without asking a lot of questions.

  • November 21, 2012 at 9:22 am

    #1561294

    Sounds like buying a car, where you want to ask what the "Out the door" price is of the purchase.

  • November 21, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    #1561372

    You always need to be very prudent when entering into a cloud or any outsourcing agreements.

    What would concern me even more were the long term implications, when the contract run for x years and then has to be renegotiated.

    Or if you decide to bring the system back on premise how difficult and expensive will that be.

  • November 21, 2012 at 11:59 pm

    #1561499

    Proof positive that the Cloud can be "Smoke and Mirrors".

    Caveat Emptor!

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

  • November 23, 2012 at 3:42 am

    #1561811

    don’t forget to read the small print

    And don't forget to negotiate!

    The larger your commitment to a given vendor, the greater is your capability to negotiate away from vendor standard T&Cs. This applies even with the largest cloud vendors.

    There are some consultancies who specialise in assisting organisations get the best possible terms from major cloud vendors. If you are making a strategic investment with a cloud vendor, it is worth getting one of these consultancies involved.

    Make sure you know what your priorities are, and the implications of not getting everything you might want. All contracts are little more than a series of commitments and compromises, and there is no reason for a contract with a cloud vendor to be any different.

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  • November 26, 2012 at 10:54 am

    #1562322

    That warning is not just about the cloud, that is a warning about every major business transaction in life.:-D

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • November 26, 2012 at 11:08 am

    #1562328

    My favorite question to ask is if I've forgotten to ask any questions.

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