Stone Mirror wrote:
> On Aug 1, 1:39Âpm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Google defends Google Apps security
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>> | The controversy centers on a plan by the City of Los Angeles to replace
>> | its Novell GroupWise e-mail and Microsoft Office applications with
>> | Google Apps. Under the $7.25 million plan, the city will transition
>> | about 30,000 users to Google's e-mail and office productivity products
>> | by the end of December 2009.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9135975/Google_defends_Google_...
>
> In fact, the story is about the _controversy_ over the proposal to
> move to Google Apps, and place sensitive health- and justice-related
> materials "in the cloud" and under Google's control. Among the parties
> who have raised objections to this are the city's police department,
> the city attorney's office, and a variety of privacy-related public
> interest groups. None of that makes it into Roy's presentation
> however, to listen to him, you'd think this was a done deal.
>
> Roy seems quite happy to trade off the security and privacy of
> sensitive city records to a corporation with a spotty record in those
> areas, just as long as it hurts Novell. It hasn't happened yet,
> though, and it's irresponsible of Roy to slant the story as though it
> has.
"Meanwhile top managers at the Los Angeles Information Technology Agency
(ITA), which oversees technology implementations in the city, yesterday
said the city is still committed to implementing Google Apps"
Also:-
"The plan is expected to be approved by city council members as early as
next week, and the implementation process is scheduled to begin soon
thereafter"
Granted, it also says:-
"If approved, Los Angeles will become the second major city after
Washington, D.C., to migrate its applications to Google's cloud
infrastructure"
(Those are just quotes from the ref. article btw, and not my opinion. I too
am rather dubious re. security wrt cloud computing)
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