[LINK] Qld govt moving to the cloud

[Tom Worthington]

On 02/06/13 14:52, Jim Birch wrote:
> ... Queensland government... mail being on international
> servers ... Would they?

If assured it would be safe, reliable and very cheap, the Queensland 
Government might be tempted to host their email overseas. Another way it 
might happen is if there is a local server, but this is backed up overseas.

An example of this problem is one major toy manufacturer which has a 
computer controlled warehouse in one country, but the computers 
controlling the warehouse are in another country. If the international 
link is lost, the warehouse ceases to function.


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