I've worked in the mobile area since it was born and if there's one thing I've seen it's that local control of ones' data is paramount.
Yes, ubiquitous access is nice. It's great to hop on a wifi connection or even a 3G network and be able to see info but let's face it - networks fail.
The real killer is that many people buy slick devices but never look at how that data is persisted on the device. Perhaps we all assume that they're all like the original Palm Pilot where everything is stored in flash ram.
All I can say is that whatever solutions you look at going forward (both personal and corporate) consider how much better life would be if your data were also replicated to a place you have control over on a regular basis.
If companies like google had any brains, the solution wouldn't be "in the clouds" it would be in a constant flow between clouds and ponds
(your home PC or laptop). Nothing new, just the data sync that's been going on for some ppl over the last 10+ years. I strongly believe that this will be the next frontier.
Just a thought.
- WG
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