{"id":825,"date":"2014-05-19T11:29:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T10:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/?p=825"},"modified":"2014-09-17T18:40:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T17:40:17","slug":"cloud-analogies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Analogies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just for a bit of fun I&#8217;m creating a new section of my blog called &#8220;Cloud Analogies&#8221;. In work I seem to be drawing a lot of parallels so people can understand why we are making certain decisions about cloud solutions. And of course me being me I have to put a funny twist on them. So lets start with:<\/p>\n<p>#################################################<\/p>\n<p>Customer: Walks into a car showroom. I want to purchase a horse?<\/p>\n<p>Car Salesperson: We only sell cars here but yes I can get you a horse!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Horsepower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-827\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Horsepower-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Horsepower\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Horsepower-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Horsepower.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#################################################<\/p>\n<p>Q. Why are you trying to sell a BMW when the client wants a Skoda?<!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--><\/p>\n<p>A. I&#8217;m not selling a BMW, I&#8217;m selling a Toyota Hybrid. Slightly more expenses than a Skoda but savings are in the ROI.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/plug-in-prius-610z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-828\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/plug-in-prius-610z-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"plug-in-prius-610z\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/plug-in-prius-610z-300x144.jpg 300w, http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/plug-in-prius-610z.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#################################################################################<\/p>\n<p>Q. Why are you selling a cloud layer when the client doesn\u2019t want cloud like features?<!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--><\/p>\n<p>A. In the olden times if you wanted to cook dinner you had to go into the forest, cut down a tree, split some logs to fuel a stove. This process was free expect for your time. Then the government said we are going to pump gas into your houses directly to cook dinner and they\u2019ll charge you for it. Yes there is a cost but now your time is freed up to do other things like knitting crochets!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crochet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-826\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualizeplanet.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crochet-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"crochet\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crochet-235x300.jpg 235w, http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crochet.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Customers don\u2019t know what is good for them until they get it\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have any &#8220;Cloud Analogies&#8221;\u00a0let me have them and I&#8217;ll give you a plug.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please check out my sponsored link:<\/p>\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just for a bit of fun I&#8217;m creating a new section of my blog called &#8220;Cloud Analogies&#8221;. 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