I think, this is especially relevant in Europe. The open source / European tech services could be used as a backup at least. It’s very shortsighted to rely just on one service provider. Such service disruptions like the recent one make one wonder about when Europe finally gets a wake up call and we truly look at how we can build own tech properly.
Absolutely! It is simply unbelievable how one-dimensional large corporations and public authorities in particular are: completely dependent on a single source! We need: https://sovereignty.it/
They aren’t ignorant of the danger. How many IT stories have we all seen where the management and CEO levels are told about the best practices and needed tech and investments to avoid problems, and once the costs are mentioned… “well, we’ll have to table that for now…” No excuse for these big companies at all.
Public entities have their own steps where it gets shelved, but it’s the same idea. Risk management, and maybe make a dime now if we can push it to later (or never). Exactly how things like Fukushima happened.
Meanwhile we have other organizations who don’t get near enough funding for what they do, and yet they turn no money and problems into long range successes. NASA/JPL is always my go-to for that. Btw, Voyager 1 is approaching its one light-day mark on Nov. 18th. Still working to some degree, still doing science.
I think, this is especially relevant in Europe. The open source / European tech services could be used as a backup at least. It’s very shortsighted to rely just on one service provider. Such service disruptions like the recent one make one wonder about when Europe finally gets a wake up call and we truly look at how we can build own tech properly.
I think we need a solid Active Directory alternative that could be used somehow as a drop in replacement. And open source of course.
Once a business is not dependant of AD they can change other part to non Microsoft software.
Absolutely! It is simply unbelievable how one-dimensional large corporations and public authorities in particular are: completely dependent on a single source! We need: https://sovereignty.it/
They aren’t ignorant of the danger. How many IT stories have we all seen where the management and CEO levels are told about the best practices and needed tech and investments to avoid problems, and once the costs are mentioned… “well, we’ll have to table that for now…” No excuse for these big companies at all.
Public entities have their own steps where it gets shelved, but it’s the same idea. Risk management, and maybe make a dime now if we can push it to later (or never). Exactly how things like Fukushima happened.
Meanwhile we have other organizations who don’t get near enough funding for what they do, and yet they turn no money and problems into long range successes. NASA/JPL is always my go-to for that. Btw, Voyager 1 is approaching its one light-day mark on Nov. 18th. Still working to some degree, still doing science.
Wow! You should make a post of that and post on space or something.
A man made object traveled the distance it takes light to travel ONE DAY. That’s much more interesting than seeing the world burn because Microsoft.