I'm just wondering why say something is "something" when, in fact, it
really isn't.
It's basically someone putting something on Azure and being on the phone
to answer your questions. For that it made it into Le Defi (ermm).
I struggle to see what all this is really about and, in any case, I also
don't see the value of having a cloud on a datacentre in Mauritius. With
fibre optics everywhere (soon) i'm just wondering is the proximity of
the datacentre (if it were hosted in Arsenal, Mauritius) an advantage
or, through lack of superior technical support (in Arsenal), a
disadvantage?
So I guess the case will be (at the moment) that you can ring someone at
Emtel who would then refer the matter to microsoft but, in future, they
may host it on their own datacentre to which you ring someone at Emtel
who would then have to resolve it themselves.
Dhiruj
On 17/05/2015 11:51, Ish Sookun wrote:
> Hi Dhiruj,
>
> On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 1:52 AM, Dhiruj Rambaran <dhiruj_at_shoponline.mu
> <mailto:dhiruj_at_shoponline.mu>> wrote:
>
>
> I find it a bit.. how shall I say... "disappointing" maybe?.. to
> be an "Emtel" and yet, as someone said here, it's hosted on
> Microsoft Azure and not on their own datacentres. I mean this is
> surprising as they have their own centres. That's like saying "i'm
> crap but my competitor is better.. so I shall go host on my
> competitor instead but, by the way, i'm way better than my
> competitor".
>
>
> I agree. I expressed the same sentiment earlier when 1010.mu
> <http://1010.mu> was discussed.
>
>
> it follows by....
>
> "Sham Roy ajoute que ce qui différencie 1010.mu <http://1010.mu>
> des services de cloud de grandes firmes comme Google, c’est le
> support technique apporté par téléphone ou en personne en cas de
> problème."
>
>
> It is of no use to have "phone support" when the person on the other
> end of line does not understand your problem. It can in fact be
> frustrating. I've used Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, OVH Cloud,
> Digital Ocean, Ramnode, Linode and I have had good interaction with
> them through support tickets and emails. I cannot complain.
>
> I had once wished to use Emtel WiMax 1M in my Cybercafé (around
> 2012/13) alongside Orange ADSL 1M. The technician onsite could not
> explain why with Orange ADSL I was reaching upto 120Kbps while Emtel
> was below 100.
>
>
> So.. my question is this....
>
> Can I also make the claim... "...ce qui différencie Shoponline.mu
> des services de cloud de grandes firmes comme Google, c’est le
> support technique apporté par téléphone ou en personne en cas de
> problème."...
>
> and can I also say... "Shoponline propose son propre service de
> dématérialisation informatique (cloud computing) pour les
> particuliers et les Petites et moyennes entreprises (PME). Nommé
> Shoponline.mu, il comporte un service de création et d’hébergement
> de sites internet (full retail e-commerce), un service de "chat"
> et un système de sauvegarde (backup) en ligne (through
> geo-replication) " ?
>
>
> Sorry to say, 1010.mu <http://1010.mu> isn't a cloud service but a
> "shared hosting service". I am not interested with shared hosting
> services in 2015 when I can get a VPS with SSD for $5/month (~Rs
> 150/month).
>
> Would you call a "one-click WordPress install" facility an awesome
> cloud service in 2015? Sorry folks, this comes native in Plesk and
> other similar WebServer management platforms.
>
> Therefore, I would not compare shoponline.mu <http://shoponline.mu>
> with Emtel as they are using "technical terms" in the wrong sense,
> which is not good for business.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Ish Sookun
>
> - Geek by birth, Linux by choice.
> - I blog at HACKLOG.in.
>
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Received on Mon May 18 2015 - 05:44:55 PST