Barb Darrow from CRN wrote an interesting article this week (http://www.crn.com/software/197800215?pgno=1) outlining how hosting providers and channels are keeping "A Weary Eye at Microsoft Live". It is a really interesting article especially since it outlines the fact that hosting partners were previously spoon-fed Microsoft Services offering only to have Microsoft turn the table on them: "Many of these hosting partners had been recruited by Microsoft to offer SharePoint- and Exchange Server-based offerings. But now that Microsoft is hosting its own low-cost colla... [More]

Recently some Google users lost all the emails and contacts! Yep, one fine day, they logged in their GMail account only to find out that all their stuff was, puff, gone! While the loss was contained to only a few people it does make me wander whether I (or anyone else for that matter) should rely on Web services to store data. A slew of Web 2.0 storage services such as Box.net and StreamLoad are making their debut and are quickly gaining large user bases. You may argue that these service providers are backing up your data, but Google did too; yet the loss was irreco... [More]