{"id":10502,"date":"2011-02-08T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T14:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devweb.rjrinnovations.com\/are-you-a-chef-or-a-supermarket-manager-2\/"},"modified":"2016-10-13T10:22:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T14:22:02","slug":"are-you-a-chef-or-a-supermarket-manager-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjrinnovations.com\/fr\/are-you-a-chef-or-a-supermarket-manager-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a chef or a supermarket manager?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019ve had a few false starts trying to describe the point of configurable cloud services with an analogy. I tried cars, but I\u2019m not going to lie \u2013 I haven\u2019t the foggiest idea what a transmission does. I can tell you how to do enterprise-class cloud provisioning, but my chassis is an utter mystery to me. I tried other analogies like custom-fit suits, which it turns out are the domain of highly-paid lawyers and not the general public. I tried many other things along the way. And in a meeting last week, I found a new analogy\u2026TV Dinners.\u00a0Work with me here.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you run a cloud using image or template-based provisioning \u2013 for the entire stack of the cloud service \u2013 you\u2019re essentially in the TV dinner business. You are the supermarket manager, and you have a freezer case full of Lean Cuisine or Hungry Man dinners, and your users come to you \u2013 and they can ask for Mac-n-cheese or Salisbury steak or something that claims to be the perfect facsimile of a Panini, complete with char marks. You can even include a brownie dessert. But, if someone comes to you with an allergy to gluten, or a request for double-mashed-potatoes, you can\u2019t help him.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, you might be faced with a couple management issues in your freezer case. Say microwave-panini fall out of favor \u2013 you\u2019ve got to clear out the old stale inventory. Say spinach from California is found to have e-coli.. you have to go through and pull and update all the boxes with spinach. And, every so often, someone important or rich or otherwise influential will walk by your freezer case and ask for a new chicken enchilada offering, and you\u2019ll find you had better start stocking that too. You\u2019ll have one big freezer in no time.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s say, on the other hand, you\u2019re looking to feed your customers but have a kitchen in back. That kitchen has a set of ingredients, and a friendly chef will whip up whatever you need in a few minutes. You offer your customers omelets, sandwiches or pizzas, each with toppings and fillings. Omelet with tomatoes? Sure thing. Pregnant customer who can\u2019t have goat cheese? We\u2019ll use cheddar. Double mashed? For you, of course. Now, if you didn\u2019t order fresh basil from the green grocer, you might be unable to produce a caprese salad \u2013 and that may be your choice as a restaurateur. But, with the ingredients you have, you can satisfy a wide variety of customers, each getting the meal they want.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So what\u2019s the service catalog? The service catalog is the list of offerings. You could have a list of fixed TV dinners or a list suggested combinations (omelets, pizzas or sandwiches) and a set of configurable toppings. The more robust, flexible and role-based the service catalog is, the better you\u2019re able to satisfy the user.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">What would you rather eat? And which business would you rather be in? \u00a0I find the freezer section a little\u2026 icy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Posted by Lilac Schoenbeck<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve had a few false starts trying to describe the point of configurable cloud services with an analogy. I tried cars, but I\u2019m not going to lie \u2013 I haven\u2019t the foggiest idea what a transmission does. 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