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What if Cloud Vendors Go Out of Business or Delete Your Account?

Tech Soup

This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. Can cloud vendors simply close your account without notice?

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Ten Ways Small NGOs Can Collaborate

NTEN

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" IFRC joined in early 2011. Plan with other local NGOs and create an informal board of IT advisors. They contracted with Microland in Bangalore.

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A View of the Cloud from the United States

Tech Soup

In July 2011, TechSoup.org conducted a survey of nonprofits on their current use of cloud services, their plans for adopting cloud services, their expectations on costs, and their barriers to cloud adoption. About a third are using software as a service like Google Apps, or Salesforce.com, or a cloud database.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. The app uses its database to find out the source of the mail and will contact the sender to remove you from its distribution list. Here are some key findings: Email list sizes are up by 15 percent.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. The app uses its database to find out the source of the mail and will contact the sender to remove you from its distribution list. Here are some key findings: Email list sizes are up by 15 percent.

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