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27 April 2018
Manchester Central Convention Complex
Europe/London timezone

No, Bob, "The Cloud" is not the answer

27 Apr 2018, 14:00
30m
Charter 1, 2 & 3 (Manchester Central Convention Complex)

Charter 1, 2 & 3

Manchester Central Convention Complex

Petersfield Manchester M2 3GX
Main Session

Speaker

Mr Chris Malton (Individual)

Description

* What is "The Cloud" - At least in the context of this presentation. * What "The Cloud" is good for * Why it doesn't work for small to medium businesses. * What was this client running? * Why was it expensive? * How I planned and delivered the move.... * .... and made it better than Amazon * .... and made it cost less than any "Cloud" offering * How open source software made high-availability easy

Summary

A tale of how I migrated one client out of Amazon EC2 to save them money, despite their insistence that "The Cloud" was the answer - no matter what question was asked.

Talk Duration 30 minutes
May we webcast and record the talk? Yes
May we publish the slides on our website? Yes

Primary author

Mr Chris Malton (Individual)

Presentation materials