With all the hype about Cloud Computing, all the benefits of having your data and programs has never been more promising. But what happens when The Cloud goes dark? It certainly does happen!
Unless you have a copy of your data on your computer or handheld device, you’re cut off from your information. Users who have experienced this say it feels far worse than a broken computer or cell phone. Why? Imagine opening your email to find that it’s all gone. Your contacts? Gone too. Accounting data and the ability to generate invoices, pay your bills and more? Gone! The fear stems from not knowing if you data is gone permanently or temporarily compounded by when the system will be off-line.
I am not suggesting that The Cloud is not a safe and viable way to store your data and use software programs. I meerly share this with you so you can be prepared before it happens to you and inevitably it will.
This is has happened to Microsoft, Google, SalesForce.com and other “big name” cloud technology providers. Click here to review The 10 Biggest Cloud Outages of 2011 (so far).
