Did they give you permission to have that idea? Everytime I see one of these threads about off-site storage or cloud[y thinking] computing, I sit down and list as many of the disasters-in-waiting as I can. It's just unbelievable what a moronic idea this is.
For large organizations such as my employer, virtual desktops provide great management of clients. However, in real-world practical terms, the problems that will arise from rolling outages or network connectivity issues will drive people back to local desktops very quickly.
Actually, off-site backups are a good idea, if you can put them in a physical location that is safe from others’ getting their hands on them. It’s online backups that are a crazy idea. I’m amazed that Rush Limbaugh advertises for Carbonite.