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One of the big problems with the web is its inherent lack of permanence. There is no formal archiving structure, and like anything digital, it’s very easy for something deemed important by someone to just disappear overnight, with little or no notice.
Now it appears that, for better or for worse, a grass-roots group of rouge archivists are working to do something about it… whether we like it or not.
Cloud (or online) backup services have become quite popular over the last few years. This article explains what cloud backups can do for you, and what to look when shopping for a cloud backup service.
Some recent, high-profile security-related events are adding another wrinkle of complexity for those who are trusting the cloud for their data storage and content delivery: who your neighbors are, and what they might be doing. On June 21, the FBI raided a Reston, Virginia based server farm for Swiss hosting provider Digital One. While the […]
This past week offered up a little dose of panic to an estimated tens of thousands of users to Google’s free Gmail service, when they logged in to discover that all of their e-mail was missing. This event should be seen as an opportunity for users of Cloud services to reflect on how important that stored data is to them, and what impact it would have on their lives if that content were lost.