Operating as cloud first: What it really takes
Let’s take a look back to a time before COVID-19. Systems engineers walked the datacenter floor and managed the infrastructure on-site. A team could purchase, physically receive, and rack-and-stack new infrastructure if needed to run critical platforms on an OpEx model. For many, this former reality seems like a long lost memory. Since the beginning of the pandemic, price instability has limited p
redictive budgeting, manufacturers have faced debilitating delays and individuals can no longer enter and exit a datacenter at will. The demand for web-based applications has increased as consumers change the way they interact with everything from grocery shopping [Continue Reading]
Author: Dustin Milberg
Date: 2020-11-11
URL: https://betanews.com/2020/11/11/operating-as-cloud-first/
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