[AccessD] The downside of Cloud Computing

Sometimes a saving is not a saving and unfortunately, a small company may
not in the financial position to take advantage of the new technology and
they should just wait and/or have alternative backup scenarios.

I have setup many retail businesses and always add backup plans. A good high
speed connection and if it fails a backup modem and it that fails local
server(s) with hard drive data duplication and if the network fails the PCs
can still run as stand-alones as they have their own hard drives. In the
event of some kind of failure the working data is saved and broadcast when
everything is back up again. I also like to add an auto-email post, which
summarizes the over-night processes and if anything is not working properly,
hardware failures or drive capacity issues and so on, I am sent an email.
Every morning, I check my business posts and in many cases can resolve
issues before the store opens remotely or contact the owner to arrange for
hardware re-arrangement or repair.

Jim   

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 10:41 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] The downside of Cloud Computing

That was very wise Jim and "right on". The alternatives were T1 line,
Fractional T3, neither of which the company could afford. The consulting
firm I am contracted with suggested the Comcast Business Service
offering...which was cheap...and very reliable for 2 years running. And then
the storm hit....


> You are probably right unless it is like Mark suggested that the ISP
> felt it
> was not financially viable to concern itself with a remote company then
> it
> changes the whole scenario.


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