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.