Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes
by yobbo on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @11:02AM
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Not really a meaningful dichotomy.
There is a smooth curve between cloud and dedicated DCs, which has various levels of managed servers, co-location, and managed DCs. (A managed DC can be a secure room in a DC "complex" that shares all the heavy infrastructure of DCs.)
Primarily, the FedEx managers are committing the company long-term to Oracle/Microsoft platforms. Probably mostly to benefit their own careers.
Outsourcing hosting and management of DCs would have been something different, and probably healthier for FedEx and the industry.
There is a smooth curve between cloud and dedicated DCs, which has various levels of managed servers, co-location, and managed DCs. (A managed DC can be a secure room in a DC "complex" that shares all the heavy infrastructure of DCs.)
Primarily, the FedEx managers are committing the company long-term to Oracle/Microsoft platforms. Probably mostly to benefit their own careers.
Outsourcing hosting and management of DCs would have been something different, and probably healthier for FedEx and the industry.