http://ctovision.com/2008/12/cloud-computing-and-my-small-business/ Context for the enterprise technologist Wed, 16 May 2012 16:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ctovision.com/2008/12/cloud-computing-and-my-small-business/#comment-260 Maisa Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:39:23 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=14#comment-260 Hi Bob! Great and simple way to show how final users can benefit from Cloud Computing in general. Have you tried any Online Desktop model yet? Let me know how that would work out for you! Maisa Hi Bob!
Great and simple way to show how final users can benefit from Cloud Computing in general.
Have you tried any Online Desktop model yet?
Let me know how that would work out for you!
Maisa

]]> http://ctovision.com/2008/12/cloud-computing-and-my-small-business/#comment-259 CTO Bob Gourley Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:17:18 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=14#comment-259 Thanks much Jeffrey, I appreciate the comment. See you online. Bob Thanks much Jeffrey, I appreciate the comment. See you online.
Bob

]]> http://ctovision.com/2008/12/cloud-computing-and-my-small-business/#comment-258 Jeffrey Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:14:35 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=14#comment-258 Bob, great post illustrating cost-effective computing for small businesses. Matt, thanks for the tip on JungleDisk. It's an awesome app that I didn't know about. Bob, great post illustrating cost-effective computing for small businesses.
Matt, thanks for the tip on JungleDisk. It's an awesome app that I didn't know about.

]]> http://ctovision.com/2008/12/cloud-computing-and-my-small-business/#comment-257 Matt D Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:07:31 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=14#comment-257 With cloud computing, redundancy is the key as well. For example, I also use Amazon S3 via JungleDisk to back up critical files. One feature I like about Drop.io is the ability to download the entire drop as one .zip archive, which makes that easy to back-up as well. My monthly fee for Amazon S3 is $0.90. Less that $12.00 a year for back-up of all my critical documents. Other tools you might look at include DropBox and JungleDisk. I'd also like to see Reader folded into Google Apps, but even more importantly, I'd love to have the ability to tag articles from the mobile interface. I use tagging as part of my workflow and while I can star and add notes via the iPhone version, I can't tag anything and it drives me crazy. With cloud computing, redundancy is the key as well. For example, I also use Amazon S3 via JungleDisk to back up critical files. One feature I like about Drop.io is the ability to download the entire drop as one .zip archive, which makes that easy to back-up as well.
My monthly fee for Amazon S3 is $0.90. Less that $12.00 a year for back-up of all my critical documents.
Other tools you might look at include DropBox and JungleDisk.
I'd also like to see Reader folded into Google Apps, but even more importantly, I'd love to have the ability to tag articles from the mobile interface. I use tagging as part of my workflow and while I can star and add notes via the iPhone version, I can't tag anything and it drives me crazy.

]]> http://ctovision.com/2008/12/cloud-computing-and-my-small-business/#comment-256 CTO Bob Gourley Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:48:53 +0000 http://ctovision.com/?p=14#comment-256 Preston, That is always a point to consider. My assessment for my personal situation leads me to keep an extra copy of the most critically important stuff, but that is just because I am paranoid. Google's distributed secure architecture is pretty darn good, in my opinion. Bob Preston,
That is always a point to consider. My assessment for my personal situation leads me to keep an extra copy of the most critically important stuff, but that is just because I am paranoid. Google's distributed secure architecture is pretty darn good, in my opinion.
Bob

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