LA Google Move Stalled due to Security Concerns
As you might have seen Diana tweet about over the weekend, there’s some interesting fall-out going on in reference to the City of LA’s move to Google Apps. The migration is somewhat stalled due to security concerns raised by – among others – the LAPD. I’m a huge fan of the cloud-based paradigm shift that seems to be going on right now, but I’ve also been...
Read MoreTrust Google. Google is your friend. Now move along, citizen.
The Deep End Blog over at InfoWorld had an interesting post yesterday about whether or not Google’s cloud services are more worthy of trust than other providers. The author points out the tremendously invasive information that Google has about us and then goes on to ask several very pointed questions about whether they are appropriate stewards of that information or not. All interesting...
Read MoreGoogle Health: Maybe not so healthy after all?
Over the past few months, I’ve had some questions from healthcare providers (hospitals mostly) about Google Health. In case you’re not familiar, Google Health is basically a service where google hosts your medical records for you. <sarcasm>Pretty cool right? The company famous for liberating information from the tired restrictions of conventionality now has access to our...
Read MoreGoogle gets slapped by public opinion
It’s a “banner day” for Google. They stopped the unholy union of AOL and Microsoft search capability, but everyone and their brother is coming out of the woodwork to criticize the move. Paul Thurrott says that Google has sold its soul and Thomas Claburn calls the integrity of Google into question in terms of how they represent themselves. It’s certainly true that Google...
Read MoreGoogling for classified information
Winn Schwartau tells the tale of a reporter finding US Gov’t classified information about the whereabouts of an aircraft carrier. Not to mention, all sorts of juicy information about the captain. An interesting read that reminds us all that most organizations’ data is available electronically. And without proper security measures and access control to protect the sensitive data,...
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