Re:Google Cloud Worth $225B, Deutsche Bank Says
by paulddraper on Friday October 04, 2019 @02:04PM
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> compute time becomes a commodity
The cloud is enormously expensive if people are buying it for "compute time".
But that's the miscalculation: thinking people buy cloud for "compute time". By and large they do not. They buy cloud for flexible provision, robust management, easier deployment, and better monitoring.
Re:Google Cloud Worth $225B, Deutsche Bank Says
by milesward on Friday October 04, 2019 @03:00PM
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I see a very different list of core benefits: more of ops, compliance, procurement is someone else's problem; capital conservation; and it's what the kids use to go fast, familiarity.
The cloud is enormously expensive if people are buying it for "compute time".
But that's the miscalculation: thinking people buy cloud for "compute time". By and large they do not. They buy cloud for flexible provision, robust management, easier deployment, and better monitoring.
And those are differentiated qualities.