Comments on: Cloud Headaches? http://www.webadminblog.com/index.php/2008/08/05/cloud-headaches/ Real Web Admins. Real World Experience. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:12:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ernest http://www.webadminblog.com/index.php/2008/08/05/cloud-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Ernest Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:24:49 +0000 http://webadminblog.com/?p=38#comment-79 Oh, totally. I didn't link it because it's only a couple posts back but I should have - recently I posted on a litany of questions/requirements you should keep in mind whenever dealing with a SaaS vendor - http://webadminblog.com/index.php/2008/07/15/saas-headaches/. They all apply to clouds as well, although many of the cloud vendors are acting as commodity vendors and aren't interested in talking with you/haggling over contracts. Those will come, though. Oh, totally. I didn’t link it because it’s only a couple posts back but I should have – recently I posted on a litany of questions/requirements you should keep in mind whenever dealing with a SaaS vendor – http://webadminblog.com/index.php/2008/07/15/saas-headaches/.

They all apply to clouds as well, although many of the cloud vendors are acting as commodity vendors and aren’t interested in talking with you/haggling over contracts. Those will come, though.

]]> By: M L http://www.webadminblog.com/index.php/2008/08/05/cloud-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-78 M L Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:49:42 +0000 http://webadminblog.com/?p=38#comment-78 Ernest, There are a couple of questions customers of SaaS should ask, such as those related to redundancy, data security, and maintenance of the application. I'm sure these are somewhat implicit in your post. Just take for example, the story of this guy who got "disowned" by Google. Link here: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/when-google-owns-you. Ernest,

There are a couple of questions customers of SaaS should ask, such as those related to redundancy, data security, and maintenance of the application. I’m sure these are somewhat implicit in your post. Just take for example, the story of this guy who got “disowned” by Google. Link here: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/when-google-owns-you.

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