Google Docs was out of action for some time today. Google Docs has become a popular online application that many users and businesses have come to depend on, but when a Google Docs outage of more than a few minutes happens, people start to wonder about the reliability of the service. Can you trust your documents and spreadsheets to a an online service if you can’t always access them?

 

Google Docs makes a great case for using applications online. They are easily shared, automatically backed up and accessible from any computer with an Internet connection. Microsoft Live is plying the same market with its offerings.

Storing documents and spreadsheets on a network for sharing is nothing new. Corporate networks have existed for many years for this very purpose. Corporate and small business networking has provided the in house platform necessary for secure access, permitted sharing, and high speed connectivity.

But it came at a significant network investment and maintenance cost. Google Docs offers most of the benefits without the cost by providing a free online data storage version of word processing and spreadsheet software. With the use of a current computers, a broadband connection, and a browser, Google Docs did just about everything you might do in an office network, without the cost and confinement.

However, you put your data ownership in the hands of an outside entity. Do you trust Google with your online data storage, secure access, and online data backup?

These are the questions many are wondering after a long, frustrating outage at Google Docs. Where do you put your online data backup service?

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