Monthly Archives: January 2012
Chargeback Realities
I've been involved in probably a dozen conversations with IT organizations over the past three months regarding various phases of the development of an internal cloud/private clouds/ITaaS instance. In every single one of those discussions, chargeback has become a hot button of debate, and I feel the need to add some external perspective to what I've been hearing.
The Way it Has Always Been
When I bring up the concept of chargeback or a rate card for internal ITaaS consumption, I almost invariably encounter the pushback that "the business" won't accept chargeback, that it's never been done there, and that it's a non-starter of a conversation. If there is a manufacturer in the room, they will typically default to the "next best thing" approach of saying "of ...
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Drive Availability and Contingency Planning
At this point, all of the major external storage subsystem manufacturers have announced price increases in response to the devastating Thailand floods, and the subsequent impact on hard drive manufacturing. At the same time, many companies in the consumer electronics space have warned about revenue targets in the wake of component shortages, including Intel in December.
To date, however, I haven't seen any reporting of hard drive shortages affecting the enterprise disk market, but I am now seeing that first hand. I am currently involved in at least four customer projects, across multiple manufacturers, where drive lead times are stretching out until March. These are for orders that are either currently being processed, or that were placed in December.
In order to make sure you aren't severely ...
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