Local Cloud computing services?
Adnan
It's not that I am fan of cloud computing or so..just wondering
whether there is any plan or news about local cloud centers which can
deal with .pk sites?
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Faisal Khan
with the hypervisor space. Jumping directly to a cloud offering would
not be something financially viable for the cloud provider, let alone
for the end-user to pay for.
On a side note, you may not be a fan of cloud computing......yet, but
you will be in the months to come. Its nascent for those who have not
really interacted enough with it, and early for those, who still
cannot grasp the virtualization layer.
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Fouad Bajwa
Good question Adnan, something I've been looking into as well. We have
a lack of local registries and registrars here so we are narrowed down
always to pknic. Apart from a few hosting companies providing
rackspace in the cloud, I haven't been able to find anything related
to a local cloud centre. Within the ongoing and increasing energy
crisis, it continues to be a distant dream that any one market player
would be able to provide a true cloud space in the region.
In Malaysia and Singapore I've met some Pakistani people working for
Cloudspace and data management companies that offer backup services
probably for Pakistan too but still its both a nascent and naive
situation in the local industry. I'd say "Where's the Cloud in
Pakistan?"
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Faisal Khan
isn't even a blip as far as localized hosting is concerned. Cloud
infrastructure is not cheap to deploy. What would be the target
market? If you are thinking your end users pay Rs.
5,000-Rs.10,000/year for hosting, that that will simply not cut it -
nor be competitively priced.
Localized cloud solutions (if and when deployed in Pakistan) would
predominantly be positioned as private-clouds, and for large
enterprises who can afford them.
Small businesses are very much happy/content with both the pricing and
the uptime offered by cloud service providers in the UK/Europe.
Adnan
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On Dec 21 2009, 4:35 pm, Faisal Khan <babushk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Like I said - it comes down to economics and need. Right now - there
> isn't even a blip as far as localized hosting is concerned. Cloud
> infrastructure is not cheap to deploy. What would be the target
> market? If you are thinking your end users pay Rs.
> 5,000-Rs.10,000/year for hosting, that that will simply not cut it -
> nor be competitively priced.
>
> Localized cloud solutions (if and when deployed in Pakistan) would
> predominantly be positioned as private-clouds, and for large
> enterprises who can afford them.
>
> Small businesses are very much happy/content with both the pricing and
> the uptime offered by cloud service providers in the UK/Europe.
>