The first question to ask the board member is: "Why do you want to migrate to hosted services?" Or, in non-techie terms, "What do we get by going to hosted...

I'll mention that I just gave input to Idealware on an upcoming article on this subject. Might be a good thing to look out for and read/use in your...

I fail to see the logic of how outsourcing all your applications reduces IT staff support. First of all, the organization still has to maintain a network to...

Well, without getting in a big debate, you make a number of good points that probably weren't sufficiently covered by my cautions. I do think that the...

Here at Headquarters Army we've been running an almost perpetual thin client project for about 6 years. Periodically, some general officer or senior official...

Careful. We all need credible, tested COOPs =regardless= of where or how we store data. They don't suddenly arise due to a decision to use hosted services. A...

Joe, Theron's points are right on target. First you need a business reason for migrating to hosted systems. Those often include providing remote access to...

Hello again. I've received great responses to this question. I'm tempted to just forward all the posts to her because there's enough information to generate...

BackBlaze is offering an unlimited amount of online storage space for backups for just $5 a month. Here is the link: https://www.backblaze.com/index.html and...

How about helping the client get down to more specifics - it is too easy to have this decision made at too unspecific a level; "lets migrate everything to...

I think that the benefits and concerns voiced are all exceptionally valid. And I'm also reminded that these services are fairly nascent, and there aren't a lot...