Exactly, and not to forget that "the cloud" is nothing more than storing your stuff on someone else's system. Remember one of the basic principles of protecting data was/is that you never give someone else physical access to it. I still shake my head when "the cloud" is invoked as if it were some magical place where the angels are protecting your data and not simply you giving up control of your data.
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Home Networking Question. You also have to trust the hosting service. Not all 'clouds' have a silver lining... On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 09:05, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: > > VERY good point on trusting the user! J > > > > > > From: Chad Leeper [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 12:02 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Home Networking Question. > > > > I agree with Dennis. Use the hosted service. You also get the benefit of > "backups" incase something happens to the host computer or that persons home. > > Do you want to trust a user with backups or data recovery??? > > > > /Chad > > Hamachi is ideal for this scenario. Easy, free, and sufficient. > > > Die dulci fruere! > > Roger Wright > ___ > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Chyka, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here is the scenario: > > > > 2 home users that use Quickbooks. One of the users has the Quickbooks > > database on their home computer, but the database needs to be accessed > > simultaneously by another home user in a different town. What would be the > > best setup so these 2 users can share the Quickbooks database and be able to > > use their multiuser license? Would you pump the database up to the cloud > > and access it that way? They cant copy the database down, work on it, and > > send it back and forth to each other etc.. They need it to be somewhere > > with 2 machines accessing it. Would a decent router with VPN access at the > > "host" home be good enough? If this is a viable option, what brand device > > would yo ulook at? > > > > Thanks for any insight. > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > Think green. Please consider the environment before printing > ************************************************************ CONFIDENTIALITY > NOTE: The information contained in this transmission is privileged and > confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or > entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this transmission in error, do not read it. Please immediately reply to the > sender that you have received this communication in error and then delete it. > Thank you. ************************************************************* > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ---- Content & Policy Scan by M+ Guardian ---- Millions of safe & clean messages delivered daily ---AV & Spam Filtering by M+Guardian - Risk Free Email (TM)--- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
