Roaring Elephant

Today we talk about the dangers of relying on clod services, how technology is failing us in these items of crisis and how the new world of social distancing is shaping the future for tech conferences. Cloud/SaaS for the win! :s The world creates more and more data and simultaneously relies more and more on rather ephemeral cloud based storage and services. One of the consequences that is becoming more and more apparent is that we are no longer in control of our data and while sometimes, there is no material investment, sometimes there is and it can be significant... How can we change and adapt to cope with this brave new reality? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/10/yahoo-deleted-all-my-emails-and-theres-nothing-i-can-do-about-it In the words of Boy George: Popularity breeds contempt! We've tried to steer clear of the pandemic that is affecting everybody's life but alas, as we turn towards technology to make the new reality work for us, it would seem that