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Originally Posted by dangonay
^ What constitutes sensitive data? Cloud services will likely be secure, but the reality vs peoples perceptions are very different. How many big companies recently have had security breaches where millions of users personal information was compromised?
I recently set up a server for some friends business (three employees). I originally suggested Google docs as they have fairly simple requirements and it met their needs quite well. Problem was a couple of their many clients didn't want their information on Googles servers. So they had to go with an in-house solution to appease their customers.
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That's what I said. You're concerned about your data? Set up your own IT.
Not concerned? Or maybe cloud security is greater than anything you can provide yourself? Cloud services look attractive. Not everybody wants to deal with technical headaches.
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Then there's the direction of Chrome itself, which is really nothing more than a browser. Nowadays you can do a hell of a lot with software in a browser to the point where some standalone software can be replaced by a browser. But not all software can, and for that you're still going to need a real PC with a bit more HP under the hood. So then you're going to have a mix of software you own running on "real" computers vs software you "rent" on something like a Chromebook.
And where is all this software going to come from? Sure it's nice to say you can "rent" software, but it still needs to be developed. As with any new platform, there will be little to choose from in terms of applications, further limiting how many people can adopt the idea of Chrome/Cloud. I just don't see the idea of Chrome and the cloud taking off anytime soon.
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I haven't done much research, but off the top of my head: Google, SAP, Salesforce? Anything with Google Docs (simpler) complexity can be taken to the cloud. For most biz, I think this is a bigger chunk of work than you let on. Is chrome gonna take off? I don't know, don't care. That wasn't your original question! But there's been a lot of hype behind stock ticker CRM.