Gerstner: In 2011–2012 the cloud was viewed as costlier, slower, and insecure
Brad Gerstner · Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism · Joe Lonsdale · Oct 25, 2023 · at 9:30
Brad Gerstner recounts the prevailing consensus in the early 2010s around enterprise adoption of cloud computing versus private on-premise data centers.
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“People forget, but in 2011, 2012, the cloud was not viewed favorably. And the reason for that is it was more costly, it was less performant, and it was viewed as less secure than running, computing your own data center.”
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