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Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future

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On 07/04/14 23:25, Peter Percival wrote:
> RS Wood wrote:
>>  From the «under ur bridge, trolln ur newzgroop» department:
>> Title: RIP, the server. It’s time to breathe the air of cloud connection
>> Author: Peter Coffee, Salesforce.com
>> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:30:09 -0400
>> Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/KXN2cls8pGU/
>> Podcast Download URL:
>> http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/453612803.jpg
>>
>> Sometimes, it’s hard to tell when a novelty becomes a trend or a trend
>> becomes the new normal. This is not one of those times. The era of the
>> on-premise server is clearly behind us, with the cusp of change
>> literally on
>> our calendars.
>
> So, what does that mean then, "The era of the on-premise server is
> clearly behind us, with the cusp of change literally on our calendars"?

For about 5 minutes.

The "cloud" is a fad word of the moment.

There have always been timeshare services since the dawn of computing 
and this is just a modern form of the same, perhaps made more 
universally usable by IP networks and the Internet.

However, between various "cloud" disasters recently plus Edward Snowdon, 
I think a lot of businesses are looking very hard at not using the cloud.

For example, I work for a british university. Use of Dropbox is 
specifically banned - because some parts of the university work with 
medical data (therefore highly confidential patient records).

On the other hand, we use Office365 for our email - go figure!

At home, I use Google Calendar - unlikely to "go away" and we do not 
have anything hugely sensitive in there.

I run my own mailserver because I am NOT having that scanned by Google.

I use Google Drive for only a few things and run my own fileserver for 
everything else.

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Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-03 20:45 +0000
  Re:Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-05 10:29 +0000
    Re: Re:Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-04-05 17:04 +0000
    Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future David Harmon <source@netcom.com> - 2014-04-05 11:35 -0700
    Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-04-05 19:47 +0100
      Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-04-06 01:31 -0300
        Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-06 18:49 +0000
          Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@hushmail.com> - 2014-04-06 14:14 -0500
            Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future "G. Paul Ziemba" <paul+usenet@w6yx.stanford.edu> - 2014-04-07 01:18 +0000
            Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-04-07 09:06 +0000
          Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-04-06 22:35 +0000
            Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-04-07 00:18 +0100
      Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-04-06 22:04 +0200
        Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-04-06 22:18 +0100
  Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-07 23:25 +0100
    Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-04-08 10:40 +0100
      Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-04-08 17:48 +0000
        Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-04-08 19:11 +0100
          Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-04-08 19:34 +0000
          Re: Salesforce.com guy says servers are done, cloud is future scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-04-09 17:56 +0000

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