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Google comes up with Cloud connect: But is your data secure?

Created by : Sonam Kapoor, Software Developer, IBM  | 11 24 2010 05:00:43 +0000
Industry : IT ServicesFunctional Area : Infrastructure(Technology)
Keywords : google microsoft cloud computing microsoft office data security microsoft azure google cloud connect
Activity:  247 views;  last activity : 11 26 2010 15:24:10 +0000

Google has begun testing an intriguing plugin for Microsoft Office. Google Cloud Connect is a devastatingly simple concept: rather than save your files to your computer's hard disk, it allows you to save them to your online Google Docs space.

Following the upload, the user can share docs with colleagues and more importantly, collaboratively edit them from within the Microsoft Office software window. In other words, the plugin brings the shared editing power of Google Docs--its best selling point to Microsoft Office.

SO, what do you think people, Is your Data secure with Cloud connect or any other cloud services??

  
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The concept is good, but it is doubtful if the data will be fully secure. Cloud computing comes with its own share of risks and as it evolves over a period of time, the security issues may be addressed. However, currently there are security fears when the confidential data is stored in the cloud.

Bigger companies have their own cloud farms and this helps them to encrypt their data and make it fully secure. However, other companies may have to depend on third party agencies and the issue of who is responsible if there is a security leak is a moot point and it also needs to be explicitly covered in the contract.

Hence, currently, it may be difficult to park confidential data with a third party provider without fear of security leak or data loss or some other problem.

Thanks for the referral, Sonam....
By Badri N Srinivasan, Head - Quality, Valtech India Systems Pvt. Ltd.  11 24 2010 09:07:29 +0000
 
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Which data are u talking abt?
By Vignesh Nadar, Remedy Administrator, BMC Software  | 11 26 2010 15:24:09 +0000
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which is the better option to build our country strong and corruptless. being democratic or military ruled.
By anilkumar h marathe, B.Com student, karanataka university dharwad  | 11 26 2010 04:23:34 +0000
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I cant say it serve the purpose or not but it sounds well and satisfied.
By Anand Sharma, Monitoring the research funded by DIT, Department of Information Technology  | 11 24 2010 09:33:16 +0000
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I doubt it....Survey after survey shows that any mention of cloud computing goes hand-in-hand with concerns about data security. It's a mystery why companies such as Google don't make more of an effort to assuage fears. Would you upload a highly confidential document into the cloud--one that could fatally wound your business if it fell into the wrong hands?

Larger businesses that build their own cloud storage systems have complete freedom to incorporate encryption via bespoke software.  However, smaller and medium-size businesses have to rely on third-party infrastructure, and that involves 100 percent trust in service providers.
By Sonam Kapoor, Software Developer, IBM  | 11 24 2010 05:00:43 +0000
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The Data in these days anyhow is not secured however we think that our data is secure. With the advancement of technology and the big companies making revenue, there are other secret projects that will be going on without the knowledge of their employees too. Or Their participation will be too small that they cant understand how they are using in that projects. so Not even data we are not safe in this environment.
By Nitin Mehra, Software Developer, ROBOMAN MICROSYSTEMS  | 11 24 2010 10:00:05 +0000
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