Office 365 vs Google Apps for Business The main difference between Office 365 and Google Apps for Business is the maturity of the Microsoft product. Combine this with the fact that Google Apps for Business is considered by many to be more of a consumer grade product than a business class product and that almost Read More

Is Cloud Storage Safe? Are my files safe in the cloud? What should I consider when thinking about storing my files in the cloud? There are few things that need to be considered when thinking about cloud storage. 1. Free generally means that there are no guarantees. 2. If you are running a sync tool Read More

Disadvantages of Cloud Computing Downtime Cloud computing services are dependent on the Internet In spite of all the SLAs and offers of 99.99% uptime, cloud services are by their very nature dependant on internet access. This means that if your internet access goes down, you no longer have access to your cloud services. There are Read More

Advantages of Cloud Computing Financial considerations Perhaps the biggest benefit of cloud computing are the cost savings. This is not obvious however since people forget when weighing up the differences to take into account the whole cost of running servers on premises. When calculating these costs one should include server hardware, data backups, power backup, Read More