[kate1]

Gordons actually right guys.  Spot on.

Yep cloud computing thats the way technology moves on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae_DKNwK_ms

[awcs]

the cheaper the phone the better. I keep breaking them!!

[kate1]

Yep, Toshiba, Sony and Samsung are now bringing tablets out,

[clarkson]

email is a must for me! - works the same as a text, works really really well for any commercial jobs communication ....

 I agree in this day and age you cannot afford not to have email on your phone in business.

 Also more and more is being done over the net like midas, iam about to trial it i think via my iphone. so you need 3g and wifi as well.

 cheers

 john

[kate1]

yep its the way things are going, if you dont want to change, I think you will be left behind

[Steve Lowe]

I dont think cloud computing is the way forward.
We use Service Ceo and they have an internet version but its not for us. To me to let someone else have your business data is madness.
Also we had i phones for about a week last year and they went back. Reception and dropped calls were the problem so it was back to Blackberries for us.

[kate1]

No, data is backed up very securely. 

On a secure server behind a firewall and you have your own mySQL database.

[Steve Lowe]

Hi Kate

Just a few questions for you about cloud computing.

What would happen if i had my data stored in this way and the company went bust ?

What would happen if the company had an individuel who wanted to access someones data could they access it ?

Steve

[kate1]

Encrypted data, using blowfish technology, if you google it.

With regards to going bust, everybody will ALWAYS have their data back, in a csv format.

We do not store, or allow you to store any credit card details within the system.

Data is password protected

[john tomkins]

No, data is backed up very securely. 

On a secure server behind a firewall and you have your own mySQL database.

I'm sure if the White House can be hacked then nothing's totally safe, admittedly window cleaning data isn't what hackers would be targetting, but nevertheless

[kate1]

All I can say John

Is we make the system as secure as we can.

As with everything in life theres always risks.

Nothing is 100% secure.  You can apply that to everything

[kate1]

"To me to let someone else have your business data is madness."

I understand the worries about that Steve

But its never "ours" its your data.  We just manage it, enabling efficiency.  Its all backed up on a very powerful server.

We dont even look at it, we just integrate it into our system, were a service provider.  Just like google.



Hope that helps

[clarkson]

 Hi
,
 Steve i know you run ceo but that is massively expensive upfront, and is quite complex.

 As regards data many antivirus packages backup data to there server now incase of hard drive failure its standard practice, I dont think google or norton really would plan a hostile takeover of someones window cleaning round,all of our combined turnovers wouldnt cover there staffs coffee bill for the day. even if they where bothered one of there software engineers could crack your security  and read your hard drive right under your nose in five minutes flat if they really wanted to.

I agree though blackberry is the best business phone, but i phone is close now and i phone 4 doesnt have the probs 3 and 3gs had.

blackberry just doesnt have the apps though so iphone is streets ahead as an allrounder. with fat cold fingers i could type much quicker on qwerty on bb though.

cheers

john

[Window Washers]

 Hi
,
 Steve i know you run ceo but that is massively expensive upfront, and is quite complex.

 As regards data many antivirus packages backup data to there server now incase of hard drive failure its standard practice, I dont think google or norton really would plan a hostile takeover of someones window cleaning round,all of our combined turnovers wouldnt cover there staffs coffee bill for the day. even if they where bothered one of there software engineers could crack your security  and read your hard drive right under your nose in five minutes flat if they really wanted to.

I agree though blackberry is the best business phone, but i phone is close now and i phone 4 doesnt have the probs 3 and 3gs had.

blackberry just doesnt have the apps though so iphone is streets ahead as an allrounder. with fat cold fingers i could type much quicker on qwerty on bb though.

cheers

john

iphone 4 has loads of problems. Blackberry are now outdated, HTC is where its at 

[Steve Lowe]

Hi Ian

What HTC phone do you have ?
I have a new Touch Pro 2 sitting in the draw that i used for two weeks and it drove me nuts.
Mind you its got windows and you may have one of the others which i have heard are good.

[prestige cleaners]

android software is great

[Window Washers]

Hi Ian

What HTC phone do you have ?
I have a new Touch Pro 2 sitting in the draw that i used for two weeks and it drove me nuts.
Mind you its got windows and you may have one of the others which i have heard are good.

I have the HTC desire, it is a great add on to business

[kate1]

Yes I have heard that the HTC phone is very good

[clarkson]

  Hi
 
   I agree blackberry are playing catch up thats why i switched to i phone, after ten years on bb's. its just that all the software you would want to use is hardly ever supported for blackberry, its always i phone and pda on windows mobile.

  I think blackberry messed up by not encouraging backroom programmers to develop software and apps with cheap licenses. They told me at window cleaner pro when i enquired that lite wasnt available for bb because of the prohibitive costs(20,000 dollars i think he said)

 I just wanted to say I havnt had a single issue with the iphone since launch and reception is better than my bold 9700.

 i cant comment on htc never used one.

john
   

[Steve Lowe]

Hi John

Is your i phone a 4 ? and what network are you on ?