COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[amitchell at isipp.com (Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.)]

> On Mar 18, 2020, at 9:24 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
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> On 17/Mar/20 20:35, Owen DeLong wrote:
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>> Step one:
>> 	Consumers _AND_ especially mission critical consumers must start refusing to purchase devices which have inherent dependency on a vendor-cloud (or any cloud for that matter).
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> Good advice for mission-critical consumers. 

>> Stop treating things you donâ??t own and things that arenâ??t hosted locally as â??reliableâ?? and make sure that they are not in the mission critical chain of urgent patient care.

We have told our readers (and, really, anyone who will listen) for years that 'the cloud' is just another term for 'somebody else's computer'.  Sometimes (often) people really need to hear it in such simple terms.

Anne

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