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2009, the year of the cloud?
| By Rich Tretola | January 5, 2009 | |
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Unless you have head your head in the clouds of the past few years, you already know that the trend of many software providers has been to move towards a hosted services model. If you have been using Gmail, MobileMe, Buzzword, Google Docs, etc, you are already part of this trend.
Microsoft has committed to hosted services and with the rumors of Apple also moving towards a hosted service model of its popular iLife and iWork software suites, it appears that Apple is on board as well.
As RIA developers this seems very positive for us as it is likely to provide more job opportunities in our sector.
How do you feel about this trend? Do you like having your data in someone hands other than your own? Does this ease your worries about data backup, or simply increase your security concerns?
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January 6th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
From a job/economic stand point I like this idea as like you said, it will most likely provide more work for RIA dev’rs.
From a consumer stand point I am a bit torn because on one hand, I like the idea of NOT cluttering my computer with applications but on the other hand that means that the real control over the data of said applications depends on the cooperation and availability of the company and web respectively. Ever read the fine print in the EULA when you sign up for GMail? Kinda scary if lawyers got involved over some dispute.
Maybe a model where data (such as PDFs, DOCs, FLAs etc.) are stored locally and only temporarily used by the web apps? I dunno, just talking off the top of my head.
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January 16th, 2009 at 9:31 am
I don’t think you have to worry about your data as long as you deal with a reputable company and you have your NDA’s inline but then again I’m not a lawyer.
I think from a developer standpoint this is a great opportunity. It definitely opens the door to a wider audience.
Cloud computing could also save your company a lot of money considering your not paying for the labor and hardware costs that comes with operating your own data center. You pay your monthly or yearly fee and your provider takes care of the day to day operations.
Our blogs follow the same model right?
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