Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Part3

I had to comment more on this as I was ready a article about a cell company that had theirservers go down and now all those users had lost data and their contacts. As you have probably figured by now I am not sold on the whole Cloud Computing Scenario. This is another example of what if this happens to you business being out in the cloud. Can you safely put your lifes hand out there and depend on someone else to make sure you don’t lose your data. It is one thing to lose you Cell contacts and whatever data was hosted on this but what would you do if this happened to your businesses data. I am sure that the cell users thought their data was protected also.

Til later just Roger

Cloud Computing Part 2

I was reading a article on Cloud Computing and how they had a account get hacked. Now that is a warm and fuzzy feeling but there is more to it than just security and if it is right for you and it got me to thinking about this some more so I did some more digging and I came away with some more thoughts on this. I know everyone is saying that it will be the next best thing better than sliced bread but there was also MSs Bob and the MS OS called ME I think it was suppose to be there with that also. IBM has OS 2 and others.

There is more to it than that and if you are actually thinking of doing Cloud Computing do you due diligence and see if it will work for you and if you are willing to take the inherit security risks and other items that goes with it. Lets look at some of the things you should think about before heading out and jumping on the band wagon and see if this is the Ride you want to be on or not.

Your Data where will it reside? It could be anywhere from here in the States or scattered across the world. Ok that is not so bad you should have access to it but what happens if the company hosting the Data goes out of business what about your data then? We are not in the best of times at the moment. Do you get it back or are you up the river without a paddle. How many Companies can survive with out their Data. Also if your data is in another country and what about privacy laws? Do they have to follow the same laws you do where you are at? Probably not anywhere close to what we have to follow.

What about Regulatory Compliance? You are responsible for this no matter where you data is at but will the people hosting the data. Will the Cloud Service Provider follow these rules or refuse? If they refuse I am sure I would be trusting that Provider with my data NOT. What about the people Administratingyour data what kind of hiring process have they been through? Anyone could setup a hosting site and say they have the service even the bad guys and it makes you think don’t it.

Ok what about your data it is sitting out there somewhere in the big wild world and there is other data from others sitting on the same servers how do you know it is isolated or someway segregated by itself and won’t get mixed in with the others some how.

What about disaster recovery if the Provider has problems? You would hope it would be spread or replicated to multiple locations but what if it is not or they say it is but in all actuality it is not. There is a lot of things to think about on this to make you decision on to Cloud or not the Cloud. Everyone and their dog has a opinion on this and myself I have opinions but we will see how this plays out.

Til later just Roger

The Cloud

Do you see your customers doing this? I hear about this all the time on how everyone is going to the Cloud. I am sure this will have the ones it works great for and then ones that absolutely say WHAT? I know a lot of customers that like to walk by their server and go there is my data and can look at see it right there it is not somewhere out in the world that they have no control over. I also know there are companies that their connection out is up and down and not a stable connection so how does that work when you are in the middle of something and the Cloud becomes Cloudy or the Cloud itself has troubles.

But what the companies are also looking at is the cost of their hardware and what they can do in the cloud for limiting their costs. But there sure is a lot of talk about that anymore and more and more of the MS stuff coming out is headed that way. Look at the Forefront for Exchange you can have it running on your local Exchange Server or the Forefront for Exchange running in the Cloud protecting your local Exchange Server.  

I never thought 12 years ago I would be doing this job I am now so anything is possible here.  Takes note to self to check into that Truck Driving training School. Where do you see your customers or clients going?

Til later just Roger