Updated Oct. 16, 2009 at 3:20 p.m.
Kip Turco
Opinion: The Sidekick fiasco isn’t a failure of “cloud” computing. The cloud is merely the delivery mechanism. Rather, it’s a hardware failure that points to possible improper planning and the regular validation of a solid business continuity and disaster recovery program surrounding mission-critical data. The lessons we take from this situation may help you the next time you’re counting on your data to be there … and it isn’t.Copyright 2013 WRAL Tech Wire. All rights reserved.
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Kip Turco
Opinion: The Sidekick fiasco isn’t a failure of “cloud” computing. The cloud is merely the delivery mechanism. Rather, it’s a hardware failure that points to possible improper planning and the regular validation of a solid business continuity and disaster recovery program surrounding mission-critical data. The lessons we take from this situation may help you the next time you’re counting on your data to be there … and it isn’t.Copyright 2013 WRAL Tech Wire. All rights reserved.
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