There are great reasons to move services and data to the Cloud. GMAIL has been a mainstay of cloud services and has a great record for reliability (not perfect mind you, what technology delivers that?) Over the weekend, a very small percentage (0.08%) of their users lost everything in their accounts - mail, chat records, contacts and all the attachments. That 0.08 percent represents 150,000 users and if I was one of the 150,000, I really wouldn't care how few others were affected - I was COMPLETELY affected.
What's the lesson here? Your backup process matters even in a cloud economy - and you need to take responsibility for your own information. Read this lifehacker article for tips on backup strategies or contact one of our account managers to ensure you have the proper protection.
