Posts Tagged ‘cloud computing’

The head of a computer training college in Docklands warns IT administrators and computer buyers to be wary of upgrading to the latest operating systems before they have been properly tested in the field.

Microsoft last month launched Windows 7 and Apple released version 10.6 of its Mac OS, nicknamed Snow Leopard, in late August.

Melissa Foote, principal of Total Business Service and Training, says her business had incurred higher communications bills after installing Snow Leopard on the machines in its office network because of a problem in the way data was backed up and synchronised under the new operating system.

TBST is talking to Apple about possible redress, but remains concerned that other network administrators are suffering the same problem and may not pinpoint the difficulty until they receive a new phone bill.

Source and full story at www.theage.com.au

Well where do we start? Do we start at why TBST thought it could trust Apple or the choice of off-site cloud computing? Then again perhaps we should start by asking what kind of System Administrator worth their salt would not detail the effects of updating to a new OS before the upgrade?

Let’s just say it’s an expensive lesson learned. One that won’t be forgotten in a hurry.

Perhaps next time TBST will test the waters before upgrading everything and consider Sun, Open Source or even proven (admin: waves to Microsoft) Cloud Computing solutions if they really need it? Nahhh… Not likely with the amount of “experts” that flooded the market for the past 10 years.

As you’ll note our review of Windows 7 is yet to come. The reason being we’re still testing it on a non-critical system and are yet to put it through some heavy production environment testing. Everything is running fine right now though, a few hiccups with drivers and the UAE, but those were sorted out within minutes. Clever folk at Big Rock Graphics