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Djiezes Kraaijst

Enter the Cloud with Caution - 0 views

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  • • What is your exit strategy? If you aren't satisfied with the cloud, how much will the migration in both directions have cost
  • • Do you want your employees getting advertising (perhaps from competitors, or for naughty products) along with their e-mail? Consider paying a little to be advertising-free.
  • • What's the access control? Does a single password provide access to everything, so that an intruder could delete your entire business? Is password strength industry-standard? Can you turn off access when you terminate an employee?
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  • Might some of them infringe copyrights?
  • • What does the cloud expect of you? Are any of your documents "discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age?
  • • Does the cloud back up your data? A typical contract stipulates that you bear "sole responsibility for adequate security, protection, and backup."
  • • What if you do business abroad? Your memos and e-mail are subject to USA Patriot Act searches when they cross the border if the "cloud" is actually located in the U.S.
  • • What if you don't pay the bill? Might all your data get deleted abruptly
  • • Who else might see the data?
  • Enter the Cloud with Caution Here are nine questions to ask before trusting your company's data or computing tasks to an outside provider
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