[LINK] DCaaS and DCOaaS

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 17/11/2011 8:14 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> On 14/11/11 09:07, Roger Clarke wrote:
>
>> ... Australian Bureau of Statistics would only require to use to
>> architect a new platform for the national census every four years ...

Chinese whispers at work here.

Firstly, Roger didn't write that. John Hilvert wrote it in a report of 
the AGIMO industry briefing.

The quote that Roger used was

> " ... a hypothetical example of Platform-as-a-Service, with which an
> otherwise well-resourced Australian Bureau of Statistics would only
> require to use to architect a new platform for the national census
> every four years".

Secondly, the census was used as an example of occasional peak load.

Thirdly it was not suggested that the ABS was considering any sort of 
cloud services or DCaaS solution - it was only an example.
> This seems to suggest ABS only needs a computer every four years when it
> runs the population census.

That may be your reading of the statement, but nobody has suggested the 
ABS doesn't need a computer in-between censuses.

Here's Gartner's view of the Australian Government's attitude to cloud.

http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2011/11/14/smart-government-spin-in-australia-less-urgent-but-its-going-to-come/

http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2011/11/15/australian-government-cios-show-a-no-nonsense-attitude-to-cloud/

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email:   brd at iimetro.com.au
website: www.drbrd.com



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