Doug Kaye isn't buying the mantra that utility computing is cheaper. In fact, he thinks they might just be an attempted end run by vendors around the new realities of IT (i.e., cut costs and do more with less):
" ... I listened to a few case studies of utility-computing success, and I'm very suspicious of their economics. The customers claim lower costs than using traditional solutions. But if you dig deeper, I think you may well find that all of the systems in these early case studies have been sold as loss leaders in order to generate buzz surrounding the utility-computing concept. When you price these systems out using legitimate street prices, I think you'll find they're very expensive. "
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