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Sergio Romo was lights out incredible all post season, especially when it counted the most – striking out Miguel Cabrera looking with a fastball down the middle of the plate after a series of breaking balls – to win the World Series last night.
For many prognosticators, cloud is a homerun, but for some it’s a strikeout. Take for instance an article titled “4 Reasons to Skip the Cloud.” Could there really be any case against the use of cloud storage? This article by John Brandon on Inc.com cites “still several instances where the cloud just doesn’t make sense…”
Who doesn’t relate to this statement when it comes to large storage archive – the first area where cloud just doesn’t make sense, according to John: “I have many gigabytes worth of photos, video libraries, documents, and everything in between. Storing this in the cloud makes sense in a way, because of the low cost and easy access. But in practical terms, it’s easier to use a local storage drive in my office. If I stored this info on Dropbox, I’d have to tweak my settings constantly to make sure I’m not downloading a 15GB video file on every computer I own.”
Strike 1: hidden complexity.
How about this additional point: “More importantly, I don’t really need easy access to most of these files. Plus many storage drives let you access the archive remotely anyway, which is more like a reverse cloud.”
Strike 2: access overkill.
Another area John raises where cloud doesn’t make sense is music. Maybe not in the sense of being able to stream any kind of music to any device like the services rendered by the likes of Pandora, Spotify, or perhaps Apple in the near future, but more for the audiophile in us that demands our music to be of the utmost clarity. “I tend to be an audiophile when it comes to music, sampling at the highest rate possible when I burn a CD. You can listen to Muse or Bruce Springsteen in the cloud, but they sound muddy and distorted.” Are you just like John?
Strike 3: audio quality.
Sure, this is only one person’s opinion, but I thought it was an interesting topic to look at. For me, I’m a big believer in cloud technology in what it has to offer from an application perspective, but tend more to be like John when it comes to my personal file storage. There are others though, perhaps the younger generation like my kids, that don’t think twice about where files are stored, or the pureness of the audio streaming though earbuds or Beats by Dre headphones. In their case the cloud is a homerun. Too bad for Tigers fans triple crown winner Cabrera couldn’t hit one last night.
Whose side are you on?
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