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Care to elaborate on why not?

• amelius 11y ago
  Storing data in a database that is managed by a third-party is something that some customers explicitly forbid.
  • hoddez 11y ago
    Wouldn't that mean you can't use any cloud data services with any company? Or even cloud hosting? What kind of customers forbid this?
    • amelius 11y ago
      > What kind of customers forbid this? Government entities, for instance.
      • icebraining 11y ago
        https://www.google.com/work/apps/government/ https://www.google.com/work/apps/government/ Google has a dedicated cloud environment for governmental agencies: http://googleforwork.blogspot.pt/2009/09/google-apps-and-government.html http://googleforwork.blogspot.pt/2009/09/google-apps-and-gov...
        • amelius 11y ago
          > We look forward to working with governments across the country on these exciting initiatives in the months ahead. So what about foreign governments?
    • SEJeff 11y ago
      Many in the financial services or healthcare industry. Some of those industries have requirements far in excess of both SOX and HIPAA combined due to SEC scrutiny.
    • nemo44x 11y ago
      Are you kidding me? This is a very common requirement and one of the reasons larger institutions are building out their own clouds. It's not a requirement for everyone of course, but it's certainly a common theme.
  • bluecmd 11y ago
    Heard of encryption?
• andybak 11y ago
  Depends whether he means "You can't use any SaaS IaaS datastore for privacy-aware customers" or "Google itself is less trustworthy than (AWS or [insert competitor here]). The former is a valid position - if a fairly harsh one in the current tech landscape. If the latter however - I'd like to see a more fleshed out explanation as I don't see Google being much of an outlier on this front.