This article caught my attention recently.  Google Apps experienced a security breach. 

The reason this is interesting to us is that we have many customers who don’t have servers.  These customers use many aspects of Cloud Computing (of which Google Apps is one).  Some customers use Salesforce.com or Hosted Exchange – all examples of cloud computing.  A way to easily share documents in the cloud inexpensively and letting Google or another cloud provider worry about backups and uptime is tempting.  Most businesses have not gone this way at this time.  Anyway, it is something to  watch.  I suspect it will begin to catch on as the internet gets more reliable.  In fact I recently posted an entry about having 2 internect connections in a small business – Cobbler’s Kids Shoes Syndrome.

I’d love to hear from others on their experience with cloud computing – particularly with file sharing/collaborating.