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Recent Foibles Expose Dark Side of Cloud Computing

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 16, 2009

“Because we all know the cloud is the best place for your data,
under the custodianship of specialists who’s only job is to ensure
data is stored safely and backed up effectively, in multiple secure
sites. They can do it in a way that is simply uneconomical to try
and do yourself.

“Which is why the recent Microsoft/Danger/Sidekick fiasco is so
troubling. Actually, it’s more than troubling: It should be scaring
the pants off anyone who is thinking of relying on cloud storage
for any of their enterprise data.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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