Re:FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes
by dx034 on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @07:17AM
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> Clearly FedEx is saving $400M/year while also funding Bezo's trips to space, no?
I wonder how much they'd save if they rebuilt their infrastructure with own DCs. There are huge savings in decommissioning mainframes, switching to free software and automating more. At the scale of Fedex, I don't think they'll spend much more on hardware and ops than AWS.
I wonder how much they'd save if they rebuilt their infrastructure with own DCs. There are huge savings in decommissioning mainframes, switching to free software and automating more. At the scale of Fedex, I don't think they'll spend much more on hardware and ops than AWS.