Certainly reducing from 80+ centers was prudent. Going to 6? Hmm? Didn't the IDC guys predict back in 2000 that datacenters and hosting would be a 27 billion dollar business? I think they missed by a HUGE amount!
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Classic marketing line
"More people are spending more time supporting obsolete systems and more of our resources are going toward supporting old systems."
Some food for thought:
1. If those "obsolete systems" weren't used, we wouldn't have to support them. In most cases, they are critical to the business.
2. If you support old or new systems, you still have to support them. You would have to prove to me significant support savings of one technology over another before I'd be interested in switching.
3. If we did switch to new technology, how much would it cost to convert our systems that run on the "old" technology?
4. How long would it be before the "new" technology of today became the "old" technology of tomorrow?
There seems to be an underlying theme of "new = better" in this story. While I'm all for moving onto better solutions, you must keep in mind that new doesn't always equal better. Sometimes, new is, well, just new.
Show me sound business justifications and we can talk. Show me marketing glossies and I'll ask you to be careful and not let the door hit your rear end on your way out.
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