{"id":11571,"date":"2021-02-13T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11571"},"modified":"2021-02-10T17:26:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:26:18","slug":"sour-grapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=11571","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon 13\/21: Sour grapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last few evenings I’ve been dipping into old documentation on the NAS, and deciding what needs keeping and what can be forever deleted.<\/p>\n

In July 2016 I was leading a project to source, shortlist, and deliver a Unified Communications tool for a small but national energy company.<\/p>\n

The requirements for the UC tool were simple:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Provide real-time interfacing on mobile devices with various ERP, Delivery, and Email systems, hosted in the company’s datacentre<\/li>\n
  2. Integrate the field workforce mobile phones with the company’s on-prem phone system in HQ, and with the smaller phone systems in a large number of branches around the UK<\/li>\n
  3. Deliver IM to the company’s mobile and office-based workforce<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Five years later we take these features for granted, integrations have come a long way in a very short time, but in 2016 these were cutting-edge technologies, and the whole project required a lot of future-thought.<\/p>\n

    A large number of suppliers responded to the initial tender. They were quickly whittled down to three possible solutions, and then down to one final supplier.<\/p>\n

    One supplier, based in the West Country, didn’t like being culled almost as soon as their significantly below-par tender response landed on my desk.<\/p>\n

    From: Mark xxxx <mark.xxxx@xxxx.co.uk>
    \nDate: 2 August 2016 at 15:16:36 BST
    \nTo: [Me@xxxxxx.co.uk]
    \nSubject: RE: Unified Communications Proposal<\/mark.xxxx@xxxx.co.uk><\/p>\n

    Hi Brennig<\/p>\n

    Barry informs me you are shortlisting a cloud based hosted solution. Not the correct choice, but all the best with rollout.<\/p>\n

    Regards<\/p>\n

    Mark<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Well!<\/p>\n

    This shows a remarkable lack of foresight on their part, no? These days, who would even consider not<\/strong> <\/em>going with a cloud-based solution?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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