Why do cloud leaks keep happening? Because no one has a clue how their instances are configured.

Huh! You know, when the propaganda for this whole cloud craze was spooling up, I was told that it’d all be so simple you wouldn’t even need an IT department anymore, that it’d save vast amounts of money with no risk at all.

Of course, I pushed back, saying that if anything it’d get more complex, there’d be more moving parts and while you might save money in some areas, it’d not be this elysian vision of no IT department with perfectly-behaved systems requiring no maintenance at all.

Turns out I was right. Just as I predicted, and as any competent IT person knew, the cloud would not obviate the need for systems management and understanding, and plenty of systems administrators (and related positions, some now re-named but basically the same) would be just as needed.

Funny how that worked out.