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The Cloud is Not a Railroad - An Argument Against the Vertical Separation of Cloud Providers

High Scalability

Would you really trust some committee or government agency to draw this line correctly? Cloud providers incur huge fixed costs for creating and maintaining a network of datacenters spread throughout the word. The fixed and sunk costs incurred by the cloud provider will dwarf any investment from third party service providers.

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Talent Strategy: ‘It’s About Being Intentional’

Chief Executive

Her main worry, she says, is managing career progression for high-potential employees who are eager to move into the next role but may not be ready yet. Many companies were caught off guard by Covid, by the need to scale down and then back up quickly, and by the mass resignations during and after the pandemic’s peak. This year’s 4.8