There was a long time ago I could pretty much build my bike from scratch.\u00a0 Yeah, I could assemble everything, that\u2019s easy.\u00a0 Putting on gears, lacing up spokes onto wheels, getting the brakes on.\u00a0 I even used to pick out the individual ball bearings that went into my bikes.\u00a0 Then came a day when the ball bearings got sealed into cartridges making them last longer, roll smoother and easier to maintain.\u00a0 In a couple years, hydraulic brakes for road bicycles will be here.\u00a0 The industry has gone past my ability to build my bikes from scratch.\u00a0 I can still do most of it, but for the highly technical pieces, I rely on an expert mechanic.<\/p>\n
A few months ago, I had a conversation with one of my clients about whether they should \u201cbuy it or build it.\u201d\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 I honestly didn\u2019t know those conversations even happened anymore.\u00a0 I really thought all the conversations these days were about should we use SaaS or stay on premise.\u00a0 I was reminded about this as I read the 2012 HR Technology Survey from Cedar Crestone.\u00a0 One of the charts noted the differences between HR, IT and executive perceptions and challenges to move to SaaS.\u00a0 Number 3 for HR and Executives?\u00a0 Security and Data Privacy concerns.\u00a0 Of course that was number 1 for IT.<\/p>\n
I remember when I used to work for ADP a number of years back.\u00a0 This is old school, but their tax service center was in San Dimas, California\u2026 quite at risk of a major earthquake.\u00a0 It was in California for a number of reasons \u2013 primarily I assume because it gave them an extra 3 hours to file taxes in the U.S.\u00a0 But while ADP\u2019s state of the art tax facility was at major risk of earthquake damage, their backup facility was somewhere on the other side of the San Andreas fault in Arizona.\u00a0 I remember talk about power lines coming in from all 4 external walls, just in case some guy with a backhoe ploughed through power lines on 3 sides by accident.<\/p>\n