Cloud BURST!

The lead paragraph from this Washington Post article says it all:

"A server meltdown over the weekend wiped out the master copies of personal data -- including address books, calendars, to-do lists and photos -- accumulated by users of T-Mobile's formerly popular Sidekick smartphone."

It's a little out of our element, but I touched briefly on the risks of cloud computing back in April.  Well, T-Mobile users are getting a front-row seat to what happens when those entrusted with your data don't endeavor to properly protect it.  And this isn't just any old vendor - this is Microsoft subsidiary Danger, Inc.

There isn't really much to add, except that had this happened to one of my clients under my watch, I would have been fired!

Comments

[edwin sanchez]

I never liked the Sidekick anyway, I was always a Blackberry owner...very faithful...like the rest of the world.