04-30-2007, 08:40 AM
Quote:If you walk the Web 2.0 walk, thereÂs a strong attraction to the notion of keeping your data Âin the cloud - that is, using web-based applications to manage everything. From e-mail to appointments to project management to time-tracking to invoicing to document management to party invitations, thereÂs really no need to use any application on your own computer other than a browser these days. But thereÂs a hidden danger to this lifestyle: whoÂs backing the data up in case something goes wrong?
That recently became an important question for a bunch of users of GoogleÂs Personalized Home Page service, who logged on to discover their personalizations (in some cases rather extensive) had vanished...
full article: http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/04/27/do-...the-cloud/