Support Forums: Message List - Here are a few reasons why *not* to use the cloud. Feel free to add your own. http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Sun, 19 May 2013 15:06:43 -0400 Emails don't work http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 If your app needs to send lots of emails then the cloud is not for you. Most email clients (hotmail, aol, yahoo etc) block emails sent from cloud IPs because of their use by spammers.

]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:32:48 -0400 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:32:48 -0400 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:32:48 -0400 Aug 2, 2011 rashaverak 0 Beef in the Cloud http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 Wow,

Déjà vu!

]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:13:29 -0400 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:13:29 -0400 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:13:29 -0400 Aug 1, 2011 JDenman 0 re: Beef in the Cloud http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 To continue your analogy - Everyone has a refrigerator repairman (or two) on staff too - to clean out the fridge, wipe it down, replace the shelves, stock the food, and repair it all time (which is not like modern refrigerators), etc. Or worse, they...]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:16:45 -0400 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:16:45 -0400 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:16:45 -0400 Aug 1, 2011 Mark N 0 Beef in the Cloud http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 Back in the fifties many villages in Germany had a public fridge, where people could store their meat. Nowadays fridges are cheap so everybody has their own fridge in the basement. Nobody bothers to go down to the village center to fetch meat for...]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:28:31 -0400 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:28:31 -0400 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:28:31 -0400 Aug 1, 2011 Juergen Weber 2 uploading to Cloud Files is slow and error prone http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 I've found that uploading files to Rackspace Cloud Files is both extremely slow and prone to timeouts. A major pain. Otherwise, I love the Cloud, It allowed to host an enterprise java environment at a cost of a php small business account

]]> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:11:07 -0400 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:11:07 -0400 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:11:07 -0400 Jul 31, 2011 mschipperheyn 0 SaaS and Cloud http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 I am not sure why you used SaaS and cloud interchangably because they are two different things.

But yes the argument of CapEx and OPEx is very valid.

]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:14:07 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:14:07 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:14:07 -0400 Jul 29, 2011 RahulxMishra 0 So what kind of application matches the cloud ? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 For me, cloud come from Facebook and Twitter. A large dynamic web site or CMS can benefit for it.

...]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:55:26 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:55:26 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:55:26 -0400 Jul 29, 2011 Yves Martin 0 Myths about cloud http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 1. The cloud provider also has a limited resources and after overloading of mulitple system response your system from cloud become slow.

2. Expensive VPN connection between your enterprise and cloud provider.

 

]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:28:53 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:28:53 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:28:53 -0400 Jul 29, 2011 a b 0 Existing infrastructure and company size http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 I think if you are an established company, moving to the cloud just like any other change in IT will have a cost. If on the other hand you have just started your company with a couple of college mates I do not see why you should not use Gmail as your...]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:20:57 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:20:57 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:20:57 -0400 Jul 29, 2011 Mpumelelo Msimanga 0 Two reasons http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 All boil down to two considerations (that OP already mentioned).

...]]> Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:53:23 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:53:23 -0400 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:53:23 -0400 Jul 29, 2011 pellep 1 Totally Agree http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 We often find that SaaS is not for everyone due to many of these reasons. When you start calculating the actual costs and a 3 year contract, you could have purchased the solution. The long term ROI is not as attractive as it sounds. The argument is...]]> Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:51:06 -0400 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:51:06 -0400 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:51:06 -0400 Jul 28, 2011 Darren Williams 1 Here are a few reasons why *not* to use the cloud. Feel free to add your own. http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=62716 We just published a little article on reasons why you might want to avoid the cloud. Cloud computing becomes clown computing when you're using it for no good reason.

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