[mgaunard]

Large organizations are very inefficient, so much so that the inefficiency of the cloud is more efficient than them doing the work themselves.

[re-thc]

> so much so that the inefficiency of the cloud is more efficient than them doing the work themselves.

You jest. They just add so many "required" layers to the cloud to make it even worse. They create "frameworks", "controls", requirements, guidelines and this and that so that using the cloud is even more effort.

You used to request a server, get a login and be done. Now you have to deal with the cloud and a whole lot of confusion over what can and can't be done and request access to every small bit of detail.

[everforward]

That’s not new, it’s probably just shifting around who does it.

When I worked at a Fortune 500 company, that was me. I’d get a request for a server from a dev and have to fracture it into like 50 separate tickets. One to security to open up the firewall, one to storage to get disk space, one to the VM guys for CPU and RAM, a couple to the AD guys for a new group and user, etc, etc.

[anal_reactor]

The biggest powers of cloud are:

1. The blast radius of an incompetent employee is much smaller.

2. It's much easier to tick boxes for management purposes when using a standard service with a standard list of checkboxes rather than own solution.

[a012]

> 1. The blast radius of an incompetent employee is much smaller.

Doubt. Never underestimate the impact of an incompetent person, it could be a single credential leak burn down the company over noght.