[NHCOLL-L:5565] Re: Cloud Technology

[Doug Yanega]

>I am forwarding this request from another list serve.  Please 
>contact the person listed below directly.  Thanks.
>
>--Leslie
>
>....I was wondering if there was anyone out there who could help me 
>with a file backup question?  We are currently exploring using cloud 
>technology here at my museum to backup a lot of our archived files. 
>This includes all files pertaining to object information, lenders, 
>loan agreements, exhibition photos, museum tour schedules, etc.  I 
>have to admit, I am a bit nervous about using the cloud myself, but 
>if security is not an issue it can be quite helpful when the museum 
>staff is working in several geographic locations.  Also, staff would 
>only have access to files pertinent to them (i.e., the only people 
>with access to the collections files would be myself and the 
>Director). 
>
>  Does anyone out there use (or have discussed using) this type of 
>technology, either for work use or personal use?  If so, are there 
>any companies that you would recommend?   
>
>Any insight or help would be appreciated!

There is a major collection databasing network, VertNet, that uses 
cloud technology to manage the databases of millions of vertebrate 
specimen records from dozens of major museums - just do a Google 
Search (or even on FaceBook) to contact the folks behind this project.

Peace,
-- 

Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314        skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
              http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html
   "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
         is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82
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