On Friday, September 16, 2011 7:05 PM, "geoff" <data...@adam.com.au> wrote: > Im with you. I don't get why I would want to put my data on someone > else's > server and subject to the speed and availability of my internet access.
Cost. It might make good business sense for an outfit with 10 or 15 employees or similar to use (for example) hosted Microsoft Exchange Online for a monthly fee rather than the huge outlay involved in a server and expertise to run it in-house. And a hardware support contract for the server, etc, etc. > Like > so many new technologies I think it is totally oversold. It has its place It does - but I'd be wary of putting something like your payroll application in the cloud. for example. Imagine if the internet bugs out at 3pm on a Friday when Madge is trying to get people paid before Christmas ... not good. There's also the episode last month where a lightning strike knocked out Microsoft's BPOS and Amazon's EC2 cloud services which are hosted here in Dublin, for a day if not two ... -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1316179022.11937.140258141892...@webmail.messagingengine.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
