Back in My Day, They Were Called “Data Centers”
The Guardian documents a case of creeping jargon: The UK is going to create its own “cloud“:
- The move to a “government cloud” mirrors the system used by Google and other large companies, which put cheap “server” computers into huge data centres to provide computing power on demand which is delivered where it is needed via the internet. That would be provided to government departments and local government, replacing the ageing and inefficient systems used in many of the hundreds of data centres presently used – and frequently run at far below their capacity because they are dedicated to one department.
Buried in the story, though, is some news I find exciting: they are encouraging a move to open source. From the same story:
There are, however, some in the UK who are skeptical that the effort will produce much success without monitoring:
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- Mark Taylor, CEO of open source system integrator, Sirius IT was even more scathing. “They’ve made some cosmetic changes but it’s still not really an action plan- it’s a policy that needs teeth.”
France and Brazil have already implemented open source in a big way.
When governments find a way to provide the same service for less money, it’s a good thing.
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