Since when do we “have to” give up our privacy?
A recent VentureBeat article Google Drive privacy policies are extremely similar to Dropbox, SkyDrive, & iCloud compares the Terms of Service (ToS) of Google Drive against the other cloud storage services and concludes that they are pretty much the same. Of course in my view that just proves that they all suck. The most incredible statement [...]
Continue Reading →You define yourself by the company you keep
We at Canadian Cloud are pleased to announce that we have partnered with RackForce of Kelowna, BC to deliver their public, private and hybrid enterprise cloud platform services to Canadian small and medium-size businesses. You can find our press release here and more information on RackForce’s services here. When we built our Trusted [...]
Continue Reading →Stop SOPA and PIPA
Today I have chosen to join the global protest against radical anti-piracy bills pending in Congress. Internet sites and users around the world are concerned that the SOPA and PIPA bills will provide unreasonable extraterritorial powers to the US Attorney General, including the ability to shutter the Canadian Cloud despite the fact that we are [...]
Continue Reading →It’s moving day!
Today we’re taking advantage of one of the benefits of our participation in the Accelerator program and moving to a new office in The Communitech Hub. We are now located in the “Sandbox”, an open-concept office space that we share with several other start-ups. Among the many services the Hub offers start-ups is a range [...]
Continue Reading →It’s time for a pivot …
This was a tough week for the team at Canadian Cloud Computing as we announced that we are suspending operation of our Trusted Canadian Cloud platform effective November 30, 2011. We will no longer be a cloud IaaS provider, but will instead become a cloud consulting company and re-seller of other cloud platforms in Canada. [...]
Continue Reading →A very simple privacy comparison
On-line privacy is a hot topic these days. The news and blogosphere are full of stories about the continually advancing threats to your privacy. Lawmakers, government regulators and the courts are trying to keep up with the proliferation of services and new technologies. Consumers, end-users and corporate IT departments are similarly challenged in balancing the [...]
Continue Reading →Update from VMworld: Where are the Canadians?
VMworld in Las Vegas is half over, but the information flow is continuing unabated. There are 20,000 attendees this year, with over 100 different sessions covering all things VMware. It is an astounding organizational effort, and VMware and its co-sponsors should be congratulated on putting on such a great event. But the reason we’re here [...]
Continue Reading →Cast not the first stone …
When Amazon went down in April I resisted the urge to shout it from the mountaintop and crow about our own cloud’s flawless operational record. This despite the fact that I was personally impacted by the outage. I was traveling on a family vacation and The Hyatt would not accept any of my credit cards [...]
Continue Reading →Saying “No” to a customer
One of the hardest things for an entrepreneur to do is say “No”. One of the hardest things for a manager to do is convince a salesperson to say “No” to a customer. When you are both an entrepreneur and a manager it’s even more difficult. One of the most cherished start-up concepts is “the [...]
Continue Reading →What does the Sony hack have to do with cloud computing?
I have come across a lot of alarmist articles and blog postings recently warning everyone that the recent high-profile hacks at Sony and other corporations may spell the end of cloud computing. You’ve got to be kidding! I know that good news doesn’t sell newspapers, and that very few journalists understand the intricacies of technology, [...]
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