“Friends don’t let friends build data centers anymore,” — Charles Phillips, CEO, Infor

The New York Times rounds up a week of big cloud news.

There’s some interesting back-and-forth in the comments section about the value of more localized/personalized services vs. the big, one-size-fits-all offerings of mega-vendors. One reader says attempting to contact a huge provider when widespread problems arise is “similar to trying to get the pope on the phone during a crisis of biblical proportions.”