One of the reasons I am wary of any cloud based service is the ability of said service provider to withdraw their services with little to no notice. In truth this can happen to any company be it a cloud vendor or a reseller. One real world case has just come to light with Cloud Backup based vendor Doyenz giving it’s UK clients just 3 days notice of their intent to … [Read more...]
Can you trust the cloud when vendors do stupid things?
A news article I read yesterday has me wondering. The news article here talks about how certain Cisco/Linksys routers have last week automatically upgraded their firmware using a factory default setting. That in itself is not bad. What is bad however is how Cisco have chosen to tie the router into the Cisco Connect Cloud so tightly that they now control it and can … [Read more...]
Desktop to Cloud Event
Ok – this is a reminder for you – Robert Cranes Desktop to Cloud event is coming up real soon. I originally mentioned it over a month ago now here Well the good news is that Roberts been able to pull some top notch talent in for this event, and the agenda is packed to the brim full of good learning. Here’s a few names you might know that are speaking at this … [Read more...]
Desktop to Cloud Event
Ok – this is a reminder for you – Robert Cranes Desktop to Cloud event is coming up real soon. I originally mentioned it over a month ago now here Well the good news is that Roberts been able to pull some top notch talent in for this event, and the agenda is packed to the brim full of good learning. Here’s a few names you might know that are speaking at this … [Read more...]
Upgrading to SafeSync for Business 5.0
I’ve been running Trend Micro’s SafeSync for Business for a while now (over 12 months from what I can recall). The version I’m on is version 3 and a little while back now, they released v5.0. I decided this weekend as I’m doing some planned work, that it’s time to upgrade and see what it has to offer. I run this on both my desktop and my laptop and I use it to … [Read more...]