Many clients have also expressed concern about vendor lock-in with currently available cloud solutions, especially for data storage where migration costs into and out of the cloud can be costly.
If you are going to the Cloud, are you concerned about vendor lock-in? I think Paul McCartney's decision to store his music library and Linda's pictures in the Cloud is an interesting one. It's a big step to put all those great Beatles song into the Cloud. I'm wondering if a Beatle heading into the Clouds will make more consumers trustful of putting their content into either public or private clouds?
According to McCartney’s publishing company, MPL Communications, is handling the day-to-day business of using the cloud-stored content for publishing, licensing, sales–and even giveaways. Read more about this use of cloud in Tech Biz by clicking here.
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