What happens when your cloud provider goes out of business?
October 24, 2013
Grazed from TechRepublic. Author: Thoran Rodrigues.
There is no doubt that cloud computing is one of the greatest advances in IT on recent years. Regardless of the fears and uncertainty that many companies experience before moving to the cloud, the benefits that are realized once the move is made are simply too large to ignore. Cloud computing has enabled companies of all sizes and in all markets to speed up implementation times, to become more agile, and to optimize their infrastructure costs.
While many cloud proponents (myself included) will often argue that a lot of the concerns that surround the cloud stem from nothing more than lack of knowledge and an improper understanding of the underlying technological issues, some concerns are not only valid, but should actually be taken into careful consideration when contemplating a move to the cloud…
I’ve recently come across one such concern that I feel merits being explored in more detail: what do I do if my cloud provider goes out of business?…
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