Mac Computing as a Service

Johnny Evans announces that the French firm Scaleway is renting access to a virtual Apple Mac Mini to customers around the world.

-DD

Redundancy Required With Cloud Computing

John Grady notes that cloud failures will happen . He recommends that before an individual or company places vital digital assets in an Internet cloud, they should:

• Ensure backups are on a local server;
• Encypt data sent to the cloud;
• Remember to backup streaming media;
• Purchase business interruption insurance which covers website outages.

-DD

Cloud Collaboration Tools

Robin Good has developed a list of online collaboration tools that extends well beyond Google Docs and Skype.

-DD

Cloud Services Can Be Ephemeral

Scott Bradner muses on the sometimes ephemeral nature of cloud services offered by Google and Microsoft.

-DD

Microsoft Office 365 Outages

Tim Greene, reports in NetworkWorld that Microsoft Office 365 email conked out twice in one week. As some Universities have adopted this latest version of Microsoft webmail as the standard for their students, these outages probably hinder academic success.

-DD