OT - Apple's iCloud and Mac OS X Lion

[Tecknomage]

FYI for Apple fans (which I am not).

See:

http://magepages.blogspot.com/2011/06/internet-apples-icloud-and-mac-os-x.html


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[Rob]

FYI for Apple fans (which I am not).

See:

http://magepages.blogspot.com/2011/06/internet-apples-icloud-and-mac-os-x.html

What do folk want from a 'cloud' solution?

I would say they want to be able to access their data from anywhere,
even if one 'cloud' provider's systems are down. They would also
want complete privacy for their data.

There are NO 'cloud' solutions which even come close to this.

The whole 'cloud' thing is hype - these folk just want your
data so they can do with it as they please (which will be written
into the small print.)

 

[Tecknomage]

What do folk want from a 'cloud' solution?

I would say they want to be able to access their data from anywhere,
even if one 'cloud' provider's systems are down. They would also
want complete privacy for their data.

There are NO 'cloud' solutions which even come close to this.

The whole 'cloud' thing is hype - these folk just want your
data so they can do with it as they please (which will be written
into the small print.)

I totally agree, especially for personal users.



BUT, for a *very large* or international business, having access to
apps and data kept in a Cloud MAY be cost-effective. Their various
office sites and employees can access what is needed from anywhere. In
these cases, the systems are in Data Centers that have extensive power
backup, environment controls, on-site tech services, redundancy, data
and physical security (often better than the CIA).

Even then, for business, do they want their company's data online and
possibly exposed to hackers?


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[VanguardLH]

What do folk want from a 'cloud' solution?

I would say they want to be able to access their data from anywhere,
even if one 'cloud' provider's systems are down. They would also
want complete privacy for their data.

Possible without using someone else's data center for "cloud" access.
Look at using portable VPN. The problem there is the lack of money and
expertise by users to setup their own datacenter with 100% uptime. A
reasonable personally affordable setup would involve leaving the
computer and router up all the time and a UPS connected to both. Yet
the problem of having admin rights at the remote host would still be a
problem when using portable VPN. Other remote access methods are [some
variation of] VNC (but will need a DNS redirect service to eliminate
having to remember the current IP address, like DynDNS or No-IP),
TeamViewer, LogMeIn, Mikogo, etc but those require some effort and
expertise by the users (something generally lacking with Windows users).
The cloud stuff is for the mass of boobs that just want something to
work that they don't have to figure out how to setup and maintain. They
want the magic. They don't want to learn how to become wizards.