[TXnMA]

The anti-apple wankers are making noises as if cloud computing is new risk that only Apple is engaging. Not so.

Here is an article from a technical business newsletter that I received from IBM very recently:

Cloud security: Risks vs. reality

"Cloud may seem new, but the fact is companies have been outsourcing services and technology for years. Providers already deliver hosted technology offerings that are located offsite with client access via the Internet."

There is much more to the article, but, suffice it to say that a company that has invest gigabucks on a new data center like the new Apple one in NC:

"The two circled dots on the roof are people..."

...is not going to make it easy for anyone to muck around with your (and their) data...

[brytlea]

Well, the State of TX put SS #s of teachers out to public access for over a year and a number of businesses allowed email addresses associated with names to be hacked recently. I realize this is a little different, but frankly, our information is already out there and not completely safe anyway. Peoples stuff gets hacked today, right now.

[tacticalogic]

I wonder how many Apple users realize that none of the core infrastructure at that datacenter is from Apple? It’s all from one or more of those “other” manufacturers who’s hardware they love to bash as cheap and unreliable compared to their Mac.