{"id":2748,"date":"2013-06-16T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2013-06-16T00:40:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T05:40:10","slug":"need-private-cloud-services-time-to-start-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2013\/06\/16\/need-private-cloud-services-time-to-start-entrepreneurs","title":{"rendered":"Need private cloud services? Time to start entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Seeing through appearances by byte, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/9053278279\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3703\/9053278279_59f01d4ab0_n.jpg?resize=320%2C320\" alt=\"Seeing through appearances\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>PRISM and the NSA has blown up recently. We have Malaysian politicians <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaysianinsider.com\/malaysia\/article\/pakatan-fears-fell-victim-to-us-prism-spy-programme\/\">worried<\/a> about it naturally. The opensource zealot will tell you need to <a href=\"http:\/\/prism-break.org\/\">prism break<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m more pragmatic. I prefer opensource. But if there are no opensource alternatives, I will use the proprietary tool. This extends to cloud software like Google Docs\/Drive. Its great at collaboration, which is something you can&#8217;t get close.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I was suggested that FENG Office might work. I retort that it&#8217;s not the easiest install and it requires maintenance. Also, with PRISM, the web host clearly matters (they look at the pipes). I didn&#8217;t even think to consider LibreOffice due to lack of collaboration in desktop software.<\/p>\n<p>In Malaysia, next generation children are going to be roped into the online Google world via Chromebooks.<\/p>\n<p>So my thinking is simple: if there are no alternatives (to being hosted in the US or to having better controls over your cloud offerings), you should start one. This can be a great business. As the FT says, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/e2373eae-ced7-11e2-8e16-00144feab7de.html#axzz2VxulFY9I\">data privacy is a handy weapon to challenge the titans<\/a> with.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this <a href=\"http:\/\/theboonsrichronicle.com\/post\/52950507141\/wsjs-spencer-ante-interviewed-vc-fred-wilson\">video<\/a> of Fred Wilson. If the world thinks Dropbox is suddenly insecure, its ripe for alternatives to crop up. It also doesn&#8217;t mean that people just start using alternative services\u2026 DuckDuckGo might have had a 50% increase in search traffic, but all that search traffic may be what Google processes in a moment ;)<\/p>\n<p>This PRISM stuff isn&#8217;t going to blow away anytime soon. Now&#8217;s the time to come up with matching software that has additional features (like privacy, encryption, etc.). 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