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Re:Show HN: Elastic Byte – Managed DevOps and cloud infrastr... by nodesocket on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @07:02AM (#13651393)
Well, the general IT term include services like printers, faxes, office phone systems, WiFi, etc. I wanted to clarify we specifically focus on cloud infrastructure.
Re:Show HN: Elastic Byte – Managed DevOps and cloud infrastr... by ddorian43 on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @07:13AM (#13651444)
It's not "as a service", it's "as a contractor"
Re:Show HN: Elastic Byte – Managed DevOps and cloud infrastr... by nodesocket on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @07:19AM (#13651467)
I actually intentionally structured and publically list pricing which is against what nearly every other consulting or enterprise sales company does. Pricing is uniform across all clients, and each client belongs to a given plan. I'd say our model fits a service more than traditional consulting.
Re:Show HN: Elastic Byte – Managed DevOps and cloud infrastr... by wc- on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @09:10AM (#13652072)
On one hand I think price transparency is nice to see.

But on the other hand this really is a consulting business, they are tough to run, and there might be something important to learn from why consultants do not publicly list prices. The difference between feast or famine might be making sure to capitalize on one fat client in a quarter or even year.

Re:Show HN: Elastic Byte – Managed DevOps and cloud infrastr... by dugmartin on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @09:16AM (#13652110)
If it helps you can think of it as a hybrid, something like "productized contracting". These folks are in the same space but use a different pricing structure:

https://www.rackaid.com/pricing/

It is an interesting business that I think lots of small and medium sized businesses would use. I've been exploring ideas for a more granular "productized contracting" offering myself.