On Dec 1, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Dan wrote: >> >> >> Microsofts cloud service does not specify where the data resides and so >> there is concern that >> the American government can have access to your data under the "patriot act" > > oOo. yea. That's a whole other ball of wax! Many services (eg: Dropbox, > iCloud) are backed by the likes of Amazon's S3 cloud, and MS' cloud - which > have data centers all over the world. Donno if you can specify where your > data is bucketed. Have to look at that! :\
I know for a fact that you can indeed negotiate this, if you're big enough to negotiate with them. This was a concern when the UA went to a cloud for their email systems. (not our pharmacy email we still run that, but the central systems) Also, Google has contracts with government agencies. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
