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I understand your position clearly! People felt the same way about Salesforce.com, i.e. The data is too sensitive to place in the cloud. Yet millions use Quic
by tmornini_ey 12y ago
I understand your position clearly!
People felt the same way about Salesforce.com, i.e. The data is too sensitive to place in the cloud.
Yet millions use QuickBooks Online every day.
We believe strongly that a huge new API economy is being built, we're delighted to offer our accounting API, mobile app, and web app to people who do not wish to build and manage it themselves.
- bdcravens 12y agoI'd be careful of using the Salesforce and QuickBook comparison. Salesforce had a $4M seed round, include Larry Ellison. Do you have that kind of cash to throw at security? I presume Salesforce controlled the hardware - it looks like you're on AWS (at least that's what using CloudFront suggests to me). Intuit is 31 years old, and QuickBooks is 20. They spent a long time getting account software right before they ventured into the hosted solution, and they're a publicly traded company with the advantages that comes with. Not to say that you can't answer the security story, but I'd be cautious of the analogy approach.
- tmornini_ey 12y agoThanks, understand your points clearly. I'll point out that I did spend a lot of time, energy and money on application security at Engine Yard (and still do as board member) and I'm very proud of our security record there.