The cloud vs. on-premise question is shaping up to become the “chicken vs. the egg” of the IT industry. Folks in IT seemingly never get tired of discussing whether cloud-based services are more cost-effective than in-house systems, as I wrote earlier today.
As if that question isn’t complicated enough, cost comparisons among the growing number of cloud-based services are now beginning to emerge, writes Vinnie Mirchandani on his deal architect blog. In light of this, implies Mirchandani, providers such as Salesforce.com may have to make changes in their own internal infrastructures to lower their costs. He says: