Beyond Computers and Cables: Achieving the Full Potential of IT at your Clinic
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Gravity, CCW Tech and NTG are presenting a technology round table webinar today for veterinary clinics. If anyone is interested it is in a little two hours from the time of this posting.
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Nice video, but I ran into quite a pet peeve. I would like to point out I wholly disagree with Allen's definition of "cloud" about 15 mins in... that, as he says, "it's just somebody else's server... just means the server is hosted somewhere online over the internet".
That's not true. First, his definition is incorrect. Second, you CAN have a cloud on your own on-prem servers, which that alone contradicts his definition.
To be "Cloud", it must have several characteristics, such as on-demand self-service, rapid elasticity, etc.. None of them are a requirement to be someone else's server, and none of them require to be hosted online over the internet.
Yes, there are several cloud deployment MODELS, such as public, private, hybrid, community... and, of course different service models such as SaaS, PaaS, etc. But, that's not what defines cloud.
For example, just because my physical server is accessible via the public internet, doesn't make it cloud (as it would according to his definition).
I do agree with Scott's response regarding that "modern, web-based, accessed from home... those things aren't (don't define) cloud". Additionally, I agree with Allen that cloud should be seriously evaluated for business requirements... it may or may not be the best choice for XYZ.
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@obsolesce said in Beyond Computers and Cables: Achieving the Full Potential of IT at your Clinic:
Nice video, but I ran into quite a pet peeve. I would like to point out I wholly disagree with Allen's definition of "cloud" about 15 mins in... that, as he says, "it's just somebody else's server... just means the server is hosted somewhere online over the internet".
I know. He always does the "tee shirt definition" rather than the real one. It's because vet customers can't even begin to understand cloud and all the cloud vendors in the industry aren't using cloud but just using it as a proxy for hosted.
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@scottalanmiller said in Beyond Computers and Cables: Achieving the Full Potential of IT at your Clinic:
Gravity, CCW Tech and NTG are presenting a technology round table webinar today for veterinary clinics. If anyone is interested it is in a little two hours from the time of this posting.
Was it recorded for those not able to attend the Live presentation?
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@gjacobse said in Beyond Computers and Cables: Achieving the Full Potential of IT at your Clinic:
@scottalanmiller said in Beyond Computers and Cables: Achieving the Full Potential of IT at your Clinic:
Gravity, CCW Tech and NTG are presenting a technology round table webinar today for veterinary clinics. If anyone is interested it is in a little two hours from the time of this posting.
Was it recorded for those not able to attend the Live presentation?
Not officially, but it got put on YouTube...
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@scottalanmiller said in Beyond Computers and Cables: Achieving the Full Potential of IT at your Clinic:
@obsolesce said in Beyond Computers and Cables: Achieving the Full Potential of IT at your Clinic:
Nice video, but I ran into quite a pet peeve. I would like to point out I wholly disagree with Allen's definition of "cloud" about 15 mins in... that, as he says, "it's just somebody else's server... just means the server is hosted somewhere online over the internet".I know. He always does the "tee shirt definition" rather than the real one. It's because vet customers can't even begin to understand cloud and all the cloud vendors in the industry aren't using cloud but just using it as a proxy for hosted.
That's a horrible thing to tell customers and in no way whatsoever does anything for the customer except misinformes them and solidifies their misunderstanding of cloud and why it's used. That basically tells the client cloud is if you want something off prem and over the internet. That couldn't be any further from what it is and why it could be beneficial or not to them. Yall are straight up reinforcing myths by saying that.
