I think we have to take a step back from all of this and let the geeks resolve the issues!

I work from home and will continue to use the services I use and store my data in the way I do. I back stuff up on my C drive and on my work area just to be safe.

Jumping in and using sevices or data storage facilities that are run by any old bloke doesn’t make sense but neither does sticking our heads in the sand and pretending things aren’t happening. I’ll watch with interest then have a go when the big mistakes have been made.

Chris

So, I think that what is being called ‘cloud computing’ is actually SaaS – Software (or Storage I guess) as a Service. SaaS is a model where you obtain access to software that is hosted elsewhere – so typically via the Internet. When I use Google Docs or Amazon S3 this is really what I’m doing.

There is definitely confusion over what people mean by ‘cloud computing’. It’s a bit like when we first started using the term Web 2.0, now it doesn’t need defining. It means whatever you want it to mean!