Buy vs Lease vs Cloud
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- mantis: 0003000: [* IT] IT strategy: Buy vs Lease vs Cloud
Core requirements
Jaguar as a company:
- needs a strategy for infrastructure (Buy PCs vs Lease PCs vs "go Cloud")
- evaluate cloud solutions as "cloud" becomes very popular
This needs to be done in 1-2 month time frame.
Recommendation needs to be presented to Simon.
Pilot should be conducted if necessary (moving selected user group into cloud).
Should be done in coordination/participation of MT vendor.
History and Misc Notes
- Paul/Michael conducted research comparing costs of Buy vs Lease vs some cloud solutions. See attachments in mantis 3000. This could be re-used.
- Rackspace recommended desktone.com solution. I suggest to consider that as an option.
- Detailed requirements needs to be carefully gathered: files sharing, application, etc.
- Prtial cloud solution could be considered. Say moving files into cloud but leaving Quick books in house.
- Total cost must be considered and compared.
