[kictanet] Open Data - Where does it sit?

[Francis Hook]

Washington, from a recent quick scan of the local market to try and measure
cloud readiness, hosting costs seem to be the main challenge - they are 10x
to 20x more.   I recall a chat with a local software player who wanted to go
into SaaS but could not find a suitable local host.   Perhaps the local
players have not quite come of age or do not have the right business model
(or the volume of business is low) not just for SaaS but all manner of cloud
services and hosting services.    Thus even among the various players in the
ecosystem (telcos, SW, HW companies), the opportunity to synergise and add
value seems lacking.   Some are making tentative steps though.



Having said that, it would be interesting to know how many Kenyan companies
host their sites locally.   That in itself would be telling :-)


On 11 July 2011 16:22, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 16:06, Rad! <conradakunga at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good people,
>>
>> Sometimes we insist on seeing the trees at the expense of seeing the
>> forest.
>>
>> In the larger scheme of things, where does it matter where the data is
>> hosted? Is this more of a consideration than the availability of the data?
>> Does it really matter that the data is in Seattle, Sears, Seaton or Senna?
>> Does this in any way hinder our access to it?
>>
>
> @Rad,
>
> It does matter, because it's the taxpayer's money.
>
> If the data was hosted here in Kenya, some Kenyans would get employment as
> a consequence (if you want to call it so). It may be expensive (than having
> in the US), perhaps but at the end of the day, it would be better to have
> that money spent here at home, than in the US.
>
> My shortsighted view.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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