The general adage is that:
- big corporations are bad
- big government is bad
- putting all you eggs in one basket is bad
- monopoly is bad – ask AT&T
- no competition is bad
- a single source of supply is bad
- treating all your customers in locked step: my way or the highway is bad
- being totally dependent on a single point of possible failure is bad
And:
- diversity is good
- multiple suppliers is good
- competition is good
- treatment of each customer as a unique individual is good
- not being overly dependent on others is good
Then why does putting all your data and all you business knowledge, being totally dependent on a select handful of really large multinational players, make any sense. Sure its all about the money, economy of scale, never mind that a breach or failure results in millions people being at risk and yoru entire business being at risk.
From a technological point of view Clound computing sounds great.
But shouldn’t proprietary data should remain proprietary. Not all businesses should/can operate exactly the same and a couple of really large firms or the government should know all your business.
What do you think..??
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