The cloud will challenge traditional IT resellers

The direction of cloud computing is towards the commoditization of IT. This will challenge traditional IT resellers. A commodity is defined as a good which is supplied without qualitative differentiation across a market. What this means for sellers is that buyers don’t really care who they buy the commodity from and worse as the market matures:

1.Information Technology becomes cheap

2.Less need for the middleman

3.Less need for services

4.No upfront cash for software purchases

This challenge will pressurise traditional IT resellers without steady recurring revenue.

Logic+Emotion: The Social Business Manifesto

Logic+Emotion: The Social Business Manifesto.

We like this…have a read. I also like the statement for business – we will provide value, not noise.

Coffee Master’s go from strength to strength

Greg Radcliffe worked for Sysco up until a couple of years ago when he decided to take the plunge and set up his own coffee company, Ristretto, along with with business partner, Mark Anderson.
Read all about how they left the IT industry to follow their dream.

Ulster Business: Ones to Watch

The cost of reliable uptime in Ireland is just too high

It stands to reason that a business that fully embraces cloud computing – particularly for critical applications that cannot fail – must have guaranteed broadband access to the cloud. The fact is internet connectivity options are limited in Ireland and wireless which is more accessible can be unreliable.

The issue for Ireland is not just that we are lagging far behind the broadband penetration targets that the government set itself but the high cost of guaranteeing this access.

The cost of SLAs from ISPs guaranteeing 99.9% uptime come at huge cost and this cost contributes to the total cost a business must incur to migrate its critical applications to the cloud.

Until Irish ISPs can guarantee Irish businesses reliable uptime at a reasonable price, the cost benefits that cloud computing promises cannot be fully realised. This is a huge inhibiting factor to adoption and one that much be esclated to government to resolve.

Business Related Dublin website

This is a great website for finding business related information, from business services and training, to information on jobs and funding – have a look

http://www.dublin.ie/business/home.htm

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