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When Is the Right Time to Launch Your Own Cloud?
New York-based cloud computing startup 10gen launched today with backing from CEO Kevin Ryan’s startup network, Alleycorp. It makes sense, since with several ventures already under his belt, Ryan probably has enough customers to both justify the buildout and break even right away. And the founders know scaling, having built out ad network DoubleClick.
But is it always a good idea to build your own cloud when you get big enough to do so?
Yesterday, for example, I had a great chat with Lana Holmes, a Bay area startup maven, about product management and how to focus on doing the one thing that matters to your company. “The example I use is Amazon,” she said. “They just focused on selling books. And look at them now.”
At their root, Amazon’s EC2 and S3 offerings are the result of excess capacity from sales. The offerings have paved the way for an online world in which compute power is a commodity. The company has subsequently built, on top of those offerings, a layer of billing, services and support for them...
Published on GigaOM at 2:11 AM
