the Google cloud with the not-so silver lining

A glitch saw a small number of private Google Docs files stored on the net made public – and could put a big dent in people’s confidence in ‘cloud computing’, the National Business Review comments.

And we would have to agree at this stage. Huge potential for small businesses but not enough transparency or control around data security at this stage, especially considering it is the second reported glitch in Google’s service in only  a couple of months.

a glitch in Google’s cloud computing service

Google has made much of its cloud computing or software as a service (SaaS) offerings, hyping them as the new, efficient and cost-effective way to do business.  This blog post from Wired shows Google may still have some SaaS glitches to be ironed out.

It also shows that people’s nervousness about putting confidential documents in the cloud may be around for some time.