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This is a brilliant article
which really gets my interest.
Congrats to Donno for taking an opportunity and developing it.
I have an IT client who is working with the Government on cloud stuff (over my head) and he says that in 5 years all transactions will be done through the cloud.
However (of course there was going to be an however from one of my posts) I do not think that it is right for all business.
What high techies and government have failed to grasp is that there are a lot of people out here that aren't techno minded to the extent that government want them to be. So what, IMO, should happen is that there will have to be a transition period of at least 5-10 years for SME's to come to terms with this new technology (it's not new for you but it is for a lot of SME's).
I was talking to the manager of our local Santander bank about the re-vamp of the branch using less cashiers. The reply was "The savings having less cashiers and more machines has been offset with the time spent on the older population not being able to use the new ways of working".
A lot of SME's are the same and we are in danger of creating a two tier business system or SME's will simply disappear (maybe that's what the government wants).
I can see and feel the enthusiasm of people like Donno but we do need to walk before we run.
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hyped
thats what the benefits of cloud are .. no mention of the disadvantages .. but hype any perceived advantages.. reminds me of timeshare salesmen..
its just another product to sell , even to those people who dont need it "its a must have"
besides its no real revolution , think about it , youre carrying out the same old functions , just with less control over the result.. its re-packaging the same , with more disadvantages and more ongoing cost
there are a lot of micro and smaller businesses that have no interest in it , they simply need a cheap once a year package of results
but beware ..criticise the cloud and you will be treated as a holocaust denier
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