Do IT guys have a future? Yes. Do we local IT guys have a future? NO. IT技术不管往哪个方向发展，都会模块化，分散处理和集中整合，换句话说，更容易被outsourcing。 IT技术一浪接一浪，随着年龄的增大，总有一浪会把你打趴下。。。
-nodream(～～～);
2010-3-9(#5933050@0)
yup. time sharing
-mikesmith(老猫);
2010-3-9(#5934490@0)
Cloud computing can bring more benefits to small and medium business, e.g. security, business continuity / disaster recovery planning and desktop optimization.
-hkchan(0);
2010-3-10(#5934957@0)
but this trend is not so good for small IT consulting firms, hard to compete at that level.
-mikesmith(老猫);
2010-3-10(#5934980@0)
Yesterday, I just told a SMB owner who has 35 employee to get rid of their IT supporting firm and jumped to cloud. I would follow up with them next week. I asked them 1 stupid question if they have a fire in their factory,what would be their business continuity / disaster recovery plan? Did their IT supporting firm suggest any? I told them clound / VoIP should be the key components in their BCP / DRP. If I have the chance to go back, I should invite you to go with me to give them a briefing on the benefis of VoIP.
-hkchan(0);
2010-3-10{300}(#5934984@0)
sure
-mikesmith(老猫);
2010-3-10(#5935008@0)
I THink big companies like banks will have concerns on security and bandwidth. private clouding is option. but then it's similar to virtulaztion.
-saper((㊣金旺旺㊣));
2010-3-10(#5934994@0)
virtualization is about logical division on hardware. cloud is about service delivery model and end user experience. they are closely related. cloud will mostly like use virtualization and other techniques.
-mikesmith(老猫);
2010-3-10(#5935010@0)
cloud, saas, virtualization are very strongly bonded.
-hkchan(0);
2010-3-10(#5935025@0)
Most big companies outsource their payroll, i.e. very sensitive data or even customer services (even more sensitive data). There are always pros and cons of outsourcing, using Toyota as an example; if they did not outsource,they may not have the problem they have now. However, without outsourcing, they might not have the chance to grow so fast.
-hkchan(0);
2010-3-10{123}(#5935032@0)
Only Saint Meow, a perceptive and insightful person with profound vision can consistently think ahead of us all.
-shaoxing(绍兴师爷);
3-18(#16008252@0)