Comments on: What To Do Before Your Web App Shuts Down http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-before-your-web-app-shuts-down/ Fri, 25 May 2012 23:16:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eric H. Doss http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-before-your-web-app-shuts-down/#comment-88299 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:45:16 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=20982#comment-88299 Thanks Aliza,
I don’t think I’m crazy here, but I’m pretty concerned about the shutdown of web apps and cloud services. It wasn’t that long ago that tr.im announced it was shutting down and there was a huge outcry about both the data and the ‘unfairness’ of the shutdown.
I really like the idea of a spreadsheet, which might be a good idea for me since I tend to be close to the bleeding edge at times.
That said, I’ve been pretty lucky not getting caught up in a shutdown. Google Notebook is the only service I really loved that’s gotten the axe. I generally get an alpha or beta invite, sign up, toss a little data into the program and wait to see how things work out.

]]> By: Ben Prendergast http://gigaom.com/collaboration/what-to-do-before-your-web-app-shuts-down/#comment-88298 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:15:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=20982#comment-88298 We get asked this question quite a bit over at http://www.copperproject.com (we offer web-based project management software, so we hold a lot of sensitive information).

One of the important considerations is can you purchase your web-app source and host it on your own server? Most cloud apps don’t do this, but it has been an option from us since day one and although the majority of our customers are hosted on our servers, our larger clients tend to go the take-home option.

Aside from that, having a good backup function within your web-app is absolutely compulsory (we offer full db backup from our Admin console, or you can export Projects to XML accepted by Ms Project and Omniplan).

When all is said and done though, make sure your web-app provider is profitable, and not some 2-bit start up!!!

Good post Giga!

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