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Does the Microsoft Danger data loss change your opinion of storing information in the cloud?
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Data in the cloud is not any safer than data outside the cloud. And it's not considerably less safe either. (Cloud data may ultimately be open to more attacks, by virtue of the nature of the service, but that's a different aspect of risk than what is being implied by the question).
To state this a different way: the issue that T-Mobile users experienced with the recent data loss & recovery at the hands of Danger/Microsoft had nothing to do with this being a cloud service. It wasn't the cloud portion of the data access that was compromised, but the basic data storage portion.
A more relevant question is: Do we trust that the vendors who store our data (or data on our behalf) have adequate technology, policies and people in place to protect that data and maintain a high level of service?
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The short answer is No. Neither does the Google/Postini outage of a couple of days ago (and we are a subscriber). Why? Implementing Cloud Technologies such as the above mentioned does not mean you shouldn't have a backup/disaster recovery plan for your hosted solutions. Recommendation: Always have more than one copy of your data. Online and local storage and backup solutions are so cost effective today, you should use at least two technologies to ensure your data is safe. Also, utilize Business Continuity consultants to help with the planning and implementation of such strategies. Implement smart and have a strategy for when things go bad and all should be good.
Clearly the answer is: not at all.
Cloud computing has been here for years (web mail) and is now exploding; some younth's bug may be appear but will jeopardize the whole trend: exploiting the wonderful power of the cloud.
Talking about the "copy-of-the-copy" feature, this is what we propose at Gemalto with the consumer's online storage service YuuWaa (www.yuuwwaa.com) and Web Personal Data Management (online storage for mobile operators (http://www.gemalto.com/telecom/linqus/web_pdm.html).
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