The Problem with on-line Office Suites

I ran smack dab into the problem with having your critical documents hosted elsewhere last night. Granted, the stuff with Google Docs and Spreadsheets I have stored isn’t vital, or really even important, so when I was greeted with a red “Loading” message, and nothing else, I just went on about my life. But if I was on the road, and a coworker had stored some vital info there for me to look at, that message would not have made me a happy camper.

Ultimately, that is the big hurdle that “software as a service”, or hosted apps is going to have to overcome. How do I know my data is going to be available when I need it?

Have any of you been using hosted applications as part of your business IT strategy? How are you dealing with this?

This entry was posted on Monday, May 21st, 2007 at 5:55 pm and is filed under Mike McBride. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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The only companies that should be using web apps are the ones that do it internally only. Why would you want critical or sensitive info floating around on the web?

Google apps will be ready for businesses when they can guarantee safety, security, and reliability…
http://www.webs05.com Webs

The only companies that should be using web apps are the ones that do it internally only. Why would you want critical or sensitive info floating around on the web?

Google apps will be ready for businesses when they can guarantee safety, security, and reliability…
http://bsjpark.blogspot.com/ brian

When Google first came up with this, I was real excited. However, I stopped using it because of exact reasons that you have written!
http://bsjpark.blogspot.com/ brian

When Google first came up with this, I was real excited. However, I stopped using it because of exact reasons that you have written!