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Take Control of the Cloud, 2nd Edition
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Take Control of the Cloud, 2nd Edition

by Joe Kissell
July 2017
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
144 pages
3h 23m
English
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The Personal Cloud

If you need the benefits of cloud sync, storage, and collaboration, but want better control over security and privacy, you can set up your own personal cloud, which means you own and control the hardware and software that provides the services. This lets you set your own privacy policy, storage quotas, and service settings—and you can make your system as secure as you like.

Although a personal cloud can solve many problems, it comes with a couple of gotchas:

  • Time, money, and effort: I said earlier that what cloud computing means to me is that it’s somebody else’s problem. You don’t have to buy hardware, install or update software, maintain equipment, and so on. Somebody else takes care of all that. But in a personal cloud, ...
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