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I probably should have included a pointer to one of my many public comments on cloud security, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mimecast.com\/2014\/09\/feeling-insecure-about-security\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/blog.mimecast.com\/2014\/09\/feeling-insecure-about-security\/<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>My basic belief is that  for most businesses, the cloud is more secure than localized or &#8220;on site&#8221; IT because there&#8217;s almost always a lack of IT talent at the localized sites.  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Yes it is a complex problem, one I understand as a software developer myself.  However, what&#8217;s the difference between running my IoT management on a computer I own, vs. running it on the cloud?  From a technical perspective, the answer is very little.<\/p>\n<p>Like most things, pushing device management into the cloud vs. having it at home is a trade off.  Using the cloud is likely cheaper, though if I&#8217;m charged a monthly fee, it will NOT be cheaper over the long term.  Pushing into the cloud raise the question of &#8220;Who owns my data?&#8221;  Security also a question that must be considered and the track record of central servers and cloud providers isn&#8217;t all that great so far.  Do you think a hacker would be more interested in breaking into my home computer, or going after the whole body of Nest data managed by Google?<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, this is a choice the market will make for itself.  Cynically, I think that vendors will make the cloud solution be the easiest, even if ultimately more expensive.  That said, there are already start-ups being created that understand this problem better than Home Depot or Lowes that may lead to non-cloud solutions.<\/p>\n<p>In sum, the article could have been more balanced by providing some insight into the trade offs of cloud management of IoT devices.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-sharing clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"comment-fave\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=bsocial_comments_comment_feedback&#038;comment_id=1525927&#038;bsocial-nonce=83180f751c&#038;user_id=0&#038;post_id=914844&#038;direction=unfave\" class=\"goicon icon-fave\" title=\"Fave this comment\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fave-count\" data-count=\"1\">1<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<span class=\"comment-flag\">\n\t\t\t<a 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class=\"comment-author\">George Kaplan<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"comment-replyee\"><a href=\"#comment-1525927\" title=\"Replyee\">markjnorton<\/a><\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/02\/14\/why-your-things-need-the-cloud\/#comment-1525960\" class=\"comment-permalink\">Monday, February 16, 2015<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"comment-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I agree with both of you actually. As you said there are start-ups that do understand this issue. My personal belief is that the best solution is to go with a personal cloud device, that way you get all the availability and versatility of the cloud but with the safety of an on-premise solution. 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reason\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tname=\"comment_1525960_reason\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"comment-1525960-reason-violates-community-guidelines\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvalue=\"Violates community guidelines\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-reason-type=\"violates-community-guidelines\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Violates <a href=\"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\">community guidelines<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"comment-1525960-reason-other\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"radio\" class=\"go-radio reason\" name=\"comment_1525960_reason\" id=\"comment-1525960-reason-other\" value=\"Other\" data-reason-type=\"other\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Other<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"other-describe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea placeholder=\"Please describe\" class=\"reason-description\" name=\"comment_1525960_reason_description\" 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