On 09/07/2011 23:20, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
Actually, I think first major Cloud player to be majorly hacked will be a double whammy to kill off the 'cloud' mentality:Craig White wrote:The reality is that applications are becoming more and more web based SAAS and as the costs of specific applications needed on specific platforms (ie, Quickbooks) rise, web based SAAS will replace them. The point is that for end users, the OS is eventually going to become irrelevant.Hm. First wider loss of internet access of something like Power loss in Japan will wake up most of the people that are now into Cloud based computing.
At least the following two will occur:* Everyone will question the security and privacy of their data in the 'cloud'. * The cloud provider will shut down for a couple of weeks (like the Playstation saga) to investigate what was accessed and how.
Can your company afford to be without your apps and data for a couple of weeks, while some hacker organisation has it?
I think not.
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