Xen virtual machines and ntp

[Jose R R]

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Smith Jack (Ext. - UGIS - UniCredit
Group) <jack.smith.extern at unicreditgroup.de> wrote:
>
>> Jose R R Wrote
>> -- snip --
>>
>> Here is the rephrased paragraph:
>>
>> Current economic conditions are dragging conservative attitudes into
> outsourcing their IT plumbing;  cloud computing platform providers are
> the receivers or beneficiaries of exactly that (traditionally
> conservative corporate IT) outsourcing. The proliferation of cloud
> computing platform delivery mechanism providers, of which Amazon EC2 is
> the poster child, should start smashing those artificial attitudes.
>>
>> -- snip --
>
> I have no idea what you are trying to communicate, and I suspect you
> don't either.
>
...funny, I have been accused of the same by people who have never
read the Popol Vuh or the Bhagavad-Gita ;-)

For the purpose of this thread,  my use of the term “conservative
attitude” is descriptive of the refusal by traditional enterprise IT
to outsource their core business applications --preferring to keep
those (applications) inhouse, supporting and delivering applications
in their enterprise own hardware/software infrastructure (expensive
data centers).  Hence enterprise IT traditionally acquire an
“artificial attitude” that provides an false sense of security since
there have occurred high profile security breaches.

Nevertheless, the tight resources in those traditional enterprises –an
direct consequence of current economic conditions-- are forcing those
responsible for IT operations to find alternative cost effective
solutions by outsourcing their applications to cloud computing service
providers (Amazon, IBM, etc.).  These latter, in turn,  provide the
necessary “plumbing” or platform delivery mechanism to enable an
Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model  of those applications
hosted in their infrastructure.

Clearly, the increasing frequency in offloading or outsourcing of
business applications to execute on infrastructure not directly
controlled by traditional enterprise IT is *forcing* an paradigm shift
in perspective for those enterprise “conservative attitudes.”  Hence
my use of the term “smash” to describe the disruptive factor.

> How does a "conservative attitude" get dragged into outsourcing its IT
> plumbing ?  What IT plumbing does an attitude have ?  How does its
> conservatism affect the argument ?
>
> What is a "cloud computing platform delivery mechanism provider" ? How
> does one become a provider of a delivery mechanism for a platform based
> upon cloud computing ?  Do you mean a cloud computing service provider ?
>
> What artificial attitude are you referring to that needs to be smashed ?
>
> Please try again so the rest of us can follow your argument.
>

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