Can I Afford Service Outages cloud provider’s server, is that the provider’s and go back to servicing hundreds, or per-
or Apps That Don’t Work? responsibility, or does your institution take haps thousands, of other clients?
Online service hiccups can be infuriating. the hit? Put another way, whose name and
When your apps and data are on your site, signature will be at the end of any necessary What Happens if Your
you can pay, cajole or order your IT staff to future Breach of Security letter. Cloud Provider Goes Bankrupt?
go into maximum overdrive to fi x a snafu. Not a pretty thought, but it happens. Will
When your apps are in the cloud, priori- How Safe Are My Trade Secrets? your cloud provider have a contingency
ties on system fi xes are decided by someone Th is concern warrants consideration apart plan in place to keep your institution run-
who is not on your payroll, and who may from data security. Cloud solutions pro- ning and your data accessible? Will the
have other plans for the evening. viders may be vulnerable to hackers within contingency plan really matter if there are
their businesses—either disgruntled em- chain locks on its doors, and its servers and
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Vista-Syndrome? they be able to cherry-pick your college’s liquidators?
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have wisely avoided upgrading to Vista, due collecting key contacts from your database, shot-through with all sorts of potential ef-
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resource hog. Most colleges and universities power. But without a careful, point-by-point
voted “No” to the OS, one IT director at a Who Calls the Shots if the examination, your leap into the cloud may
time. But with cloud computing, your vote, Government Comes Calling? leave you with absolutely no footing.
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