Storing small business data online: Good idea or bad?
For a year or so, I used an online data storage system. I uploaded copies of all my writing (books, articles, blog posts) and all my financial data faithfully. But in the back of my mind, I always wondered if that was a good idea or a bad one.
The advantage is your ability to retrieve data online in the event of a hard drive crash or other computer malfunction.
The disadvantage is your inability to retrieve data online in the event of a hard drive crash or other computer malfunction. The other disadvantage is the possibility that other people might be able to get to your data.
Internet connections are becoming much faster and more reliable. And yet… even the best ISP might fail or (heaven forbid!) go out of business, and you know Murphy’s Law….
Several times of services are available:
ConsumerSearch reviewed several backup services in November, and more recently PCWorld reviewed a number of services. I’m thinking of getting back into an online service because my trusty laptop has seen better days. (It’s over 3 years old.) What do you think?
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2 opinions for Storing small business data online: Good idea or bad?
Asanya
Jun 14, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I randomely found out on google about this nice software you can use to get people find you and be attracted to your headlines in search engines. I think it was called glyphius…
You pretty much type a headline and it gives you a score. You keep editing it and changing few words until the score gets higher and higher and i guess next thing you know, you have a catchy headline ;) I think I’ll try it to advertise my coming up business.
Michael Stelly
Jun 15, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Well, being in the tech business, I’m a stalwart believer in cloud computing. I store everything about my business online. There are very few instances where it would be impossible for me to retrieve my data from Google Apps.
I think the reticence people feel about online storage is that it’s not actually in your hands. So what! We put our faith in many things that are not in our hands, like electricity for instance.
I, for one, leverage online storage as much as possible.
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