Cloud Computing Concerns
This week Gmail, an e-mail service provided by Google, went down for several hours and initiated numerous concerns for its users. It created a myriad of editorials and subsequent commentary, all declaring the sky was falling. Perhaps, the concern is high because the reliability of Gmail is really HIGHER when compare to our corporate e-mail which tend be down comparatively often. In cloud computing, diagnosing & resolving the issue is neither easy nor under our control unlike when we have our local servers in our own data center. Hence when things go wrong in cloud computing, there is nothing we can do but to wait

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