Why You Shouldn't Trust the Cloud Too Much

Posted by ivanpw under News
From http://www.cbrdigital.com 4338 days ago

The Netflix and Amazon cloud outage news gets me thinking... should we really trust cloud computing that much?

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Written by bigmoneyweb
4338 days ago

Imagine losing everything you have stored in the cloud in less than an hour. That's why this article tells us to not put too much faith in the still emerging technology. Cloud computing is a way of digitizing information that downplays the use of hardware. More companies are moving to take advantage of its lower cost structure, and revamp their business models. Still, some observers see major pitfalls. "The thing about trusting the cloud is you shouldn't trust it too much. Thanks for sharing.

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Written by ivanpw
4320 days ago

I agree! I always see the cloud services as a great backup tool when things go wrong with your main system. I personally don't have the gut to bring everything to the (public) cloud and lose a certain level of control over them.

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