Day: June 26, 2014

Where in the World is My Data? (& Why it Shouldn’t Matter.)

The talk and interest of the “cloud” and “cloud services” is still mainstream and with data centers and hosting providers popping up daily, options are in abundant.  When I think about the cloud and storing my data, I’m going to be honest, I have never questioned where my data is “physically” stored as long as I have access to it when I want it.  Personally, most of what I put in the cloud are personal pictures and my music.  However, over the years, I have slowing been migrating several work related documents to the cloud.  My main reasons for using the cloud is for access across multiple devices and so I don’t have to carry thumb drives around with me anymore. (I have probably lost more of those things than I actually used.)

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