Re: Power 11 and software vendors?

Good point, DR2!

My son worked awhile at Burger King headquarters as the last IT guy before the BK boss finished outsourcing all of IT. The CEO said, "We make hamburgers". They checked various cloud vendors. My son told me they rejected Google's offer because Google "could not guarantee" (their wording) that the data would stay inside US borders.

--Alan

On 07/10/2025 4:55 PM EDT dr2@xxxxxxxx wrote:


Pat,

The biggest issue I have with "the cloud" is not knowing where my data
actually resides and who would have access to it that I wouldn't be able
to know of or control. Further, if it's in some 3rd world country I
have to be aware of any connectivity issues between me and there, not to
mention any political issues going on there or between me and there that
would potentially cause service disruption.

I sleep much better knowing where my data is and who controls it.

DR2

On 2025-07-10 16:51, Patrik Schindler wrote:

Hello Diego,

Am 10.07.2025 um 19:28 schrieb Diego E. KESSELMAN (G) <diegokesselman@xxxxxxxxx>:

There is a "cloud first" mantra

Here in Europe, people finally start to think if it's a good idea to outsource more or less complete IT operations to some more or less arbitrary company who is mainly after your money. And there will always be security issues and increased complexity. Too many promises, too many "save money", too many shocking bills. Yes, cloud can be comfy, but is it worth the price?

Rhetorical question.

I hope IBM gets back to remember what the M in IBM means.

:wq! PoC

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